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A randomized controlled trial of soap opera videos streamed to smartphones to reduce risk of sexually transmitted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in young urban African American women.
Trial report in Nursing outlook. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT03330522 (Reducing HIV Risk in Urban Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Reducing HIV Risk in Urban Women: Soap Opera Videos on Video-Capable Cell Phones
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of Entertainment-Education interventions on persuasive health outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Use of Behavior Change Techniques in Digital HIV Prevention Programs for Adolescents and Young People: Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Pooled it
- Developing Culturally Tailored mHealth Tools to Address Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Black and Latina Women: A Systematic Review.Health promotion practice · 2022Pooled it
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- The Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Ethnic Minority Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of public health · 2017Pooled it
- Do digital innovations for HIV and sexually transmitted infections work? Results from a systematic review (1996-2017).BMJ open · 2017Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomised control trials of sexual health interventions delivered by mobile technologies.BMC public health · 2016Pooled it
- A systematic review of recent smartphone, Internet and Web 2.0 interventions to address the HIV continuum of care.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2015Pooled it
- Randomized Trial of a Sexual Health Video Intervention for Black and Hispanic Adolescent Females.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Trial
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Process Indicators for Guy2Guy, an mHealth HIV Prevention Program for Sexual Minority Adolescent Boys.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2019Trial
- mHealth versus face-to-face: study protocol for a randomized trial to test a gender-focused intervention for young African American women at risk for HIV in North Carolina.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Implementation of a Web-Based Organ Donation Educational Intervention: Development and Use of a Refined Process Evaluation Model.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
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- A randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of a stigma reduction intervention for HIV-infected women in the Deep South.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2014Trial
- Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based treatment: A multisite hybrid design.The American psychologistTrial
- Inclusion of underserved young people in digital public health interventions for mental health, sexual health and substance use: A systematic review and intervention component analysis.Internet interventions · 2026Review
- Acceptability and Use of Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Chatbots for Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women of Color in the United States: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- A Multipronged, Community-Partnered Intervention (The TALK) to Improve Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Health and Racial Discrimination Among Black Male Adolescents and Young Adults and Their Caregivers: Protocol for a Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Developing and testing a web-based platform for antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence support among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with HIV.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Evaluating the Intensity of Exposure to MTV Shuga, an Edutainment Program for HIV Prevention: Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern Cape, South Africa.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundLove, Sex, and Choices (LSC) is a soap opera video series created to reduce HIV sex risk in women.
methodsLSC was compared to text messages in a randomized trial in 238 high-risk mostly Black young urban women. 117 received 12-weekly LSC videos, 121 received 12-weekly HIV prevention messages on smartphones. Changes in unprotected sex with high risk partners were compared by mixed models.
resultsUnprotected sex with high risk men significantly declined over 6 months post-intervention for both arms, from 21-22 acts to 5-6 (p < 0.001). This reduction was 18 % greater in the video over the text arm, though this difference was not statistically significant. However, the LSC was highly popular and viewers wanted the series to continue.
conclusionThis is the first study to report streaming soap opera video episodes to reduce HIV risk on smartphones. LSC holds promise as an Internet intervention that could be scaled-up and combined with HIV testing.
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