Acceptability and Preliminary Efficacy of a Tailored Online HIV/STI Testing Intervention for Young Men who have Sex with Men: The Get Connected! Program

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Behav
• Personal Author:
  Bauermeister, José A. ; Pingel, Emily S. ; Jadwin-Cakmak, Laura ; Harper, Gary W. ; Horvath, Keith ; Weiss, Gretchen ; Dittus, Patricia
• Description:
  Southeast Michigan accounts for over 70 % of all HIV/STI cases in the state, with young men who have sex with men (YMSM) between the ages of 13 and 24 encumbering the largest burden in HIV/STI incidence. Using community-based participatory research principles, we developed and pilot tested a web-based, randomized control trial seeking to promote HIV/STI testing ("Get Connected!") among YMSM (N = 130; ages 15-24). Randomized participants completed a baseline assessment and shown a test-locator condition (control) or a tailored, personalized site (treatment). At 30-day follow-up, we found high acceptability among YMSM in both conditions, yet higher credibility of intervention content among YMSM in the treatment group (d = .55). Furthermore, 30 participants reported testing by following, with the majority of these participants (73.3 %; n = 22) completing the treatment condition, a clinically meaningful effect (d = .34) suggesting preliminary efficacy for the intervention. These results demonstrate the potential of the intervention, and suggest that a larger efficacy trial may be warranted.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Community-Based Participatory Research Feasibility Studies Follow-Up Studies Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice HIV Infections Homosexuality, Male Humans Incidence Internet Male Mass Screening Patient Acceptance Of Health Care Preventive Health Services Program Evaluation Telemedicine Young Adult

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• Source:
  AIDS Behav. 19(10):1860-1874
• Pubmed ID:
  25638038
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4522230
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; K01 MH087242/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States ; K01-MH087242/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c2810c285a04c68e97665cf91c5d9f5907201adbcac0cf0e68cf2f081a5de44ca123679e904ba752228fce66a5df259143e66ee2be2698286f7ddf8360b807f
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