在年轻的性少数群体男性中进行mHealth干预的首选特征,以支持HIV检测和PrEP决策:焦点小组研究研究
Juan Pablo Zapata1, Sabina Hirshfield2, Kimberly Nelson3
1Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
JMIR formative research
|September 15, 2023
概括
年轻的性少数群体男性更喜欢个性化的移动健康 (mHealth) 干预措施来预防艾滋病毒. 定制的数字工具和基于网络的模拟是有效吸引这一群体的关键.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 美国年轻性少数群体男性中艾滋病毒病例的增加需要创新的干预措施.
- 移动健康 (mHealth) 为解决艾滋病毒差异提供了一个有希望的战略,但实施面临挑战.
- 年轻用户与mHealth应用程序的互动需要定期更新内容和监控.
研究的目的:
- 探索青年性少数群体男性 (17-24岁) 预防艾滋病毒的mHealth干预措施的首选特征.
- 评估这个人口群体是否愿意采用mHealth技术来进行健康管理.
- 突出不同,全国范围的样本的声音和偏好.
主要方法:
- 2020年4月至9月通过社交媒体和地理社交网络应用程序进行招聘.
- 基于网络的同步聚焦小组讨论艾滋病毒检测,预防和mHealth偏好.
- 包括一个多样化的全国性样本的年轻的性少数民族男性.
主要成果:
- 对mHealth应用程序的偏好很高,这表明基于智能手机的艾滋病毒预防有很大的潜力.
- 主要偏好包括个性化内容,基于Web的预防场景模拟和定制的数字软件.
- 用户友好,适合年龄的设计和简化对医疗保健提供者的访问是至关重要的.
结论:
- 为了有效预防艾滋病毒,mHealth干预措施必须根据年轻的性少数群体男性的偏好进行调整.
- 需要进一步的研究,以优化个性化内容交付在mHealth应用程序.
- 基于网络的HIV预防模拟的有效性需要持续评估.
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