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Thomas Alex Washington1, Sheldon Applewhite2, Wendell Glenn3
1College of Health and Human Services, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA.
Objective:
A randomized control pilot study was conducted with Black men who have sex with men (BMSM; N = 42) aged 18-30 years to examine the feasibility of implementing a video intervention delivered using Facebook to motivate HIV testing.
Methods:
At baseline, participants were unaware of their HIV status and had not tested for HIV in the past 6 months, residing in Los Angeles County. The intervention content included topics such as social influence, HIV knowledge, stigma, HIV positive knowledge, and benefits of knowing one's HIV status.
Findings:
Logistic regression revealed that those receiving the video intervention were 7 times more likely to have tested for HIV than those in the control group at 6-week follow-up (odds ratio [OR] = 7.00, 95% confidence interval [1.72, 28.33], p = .006).
Conclusion:
Data suggest that the intervention was feasible for motivating HIV testing.
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