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Achieving HIV risk reduction through HealthMpowerment.org, a user-driven eHealth intervention for young Black men who have sex with men and transgender women who have sex with men.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Review of Serious Gaming as an Intervention for HIV Prevention.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2023Pooled it
- Mobile phone-based interventions for improving contraception use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled 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
- Recruitment Source and Participant Retention in a Digital HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Black and Latino Men and Transgender Women: Secondary Analysis of the HealthMpowerment 2.0 Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
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- Theory-Based Text-Messaging to Reduce Methamphetamine Use and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Automated Unidirectional Delivery Outperforms Bidirectional Peer Interactive Delivery.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Brief Internet-based Group Intervention to Reduce Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Trial
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- Supporting Adolescents With HIV in South Africa Through an Adherence-Supporting App: Mixed Methods Beta-Testing Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Development of a Mobile App to Increase the Uptake of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Latino Sexual Minority Men: Qualitative Needs Assessment.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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- Returning Cardiac Rhythm Data to Patients: Opportunities and Challenges.Cardiac electrophysiology clinics · 2021Review
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Abstract
Young, Black men who have sex with men and transgender women who have sex with men (YBMSM/TW) are at disproportionate risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (HIV/STI). HealthMpowerment.org (HMP) is a mobile phone optimised online intervention that utilises behaviour change and gaming theories to reduce risky sexual behaviours and build community among HIV-positive and negative YBMSM/TW. The intervention is user-driven, provides social support, and utilises a point reward system. A four-week pilot trial was conducted with a diverse group of 15 YBMSM/TW. During exit interviews, participants described how HMP components led to behaviour changes such as asking partners' sexual history, increased condom use, and HIV/STI testing. The user-driven structure, interactivity, and rewards appeared to facilitate sustained user engagement and the mobile platform provided relevant information in real-time. Participants described the reward elements of exceeding their previous scores and earning points toward prizes as highly motivating. HMP showed promise for being able to deliver a sufficient intervention dose and we found a trend toward higher dose received and more advanced stages of behaviour change. In this pilot trial, HMP was well accepted and demonstrates promise for translating virtual intervention engagement into actual behaviour change to reduce HIV risk behaviours.
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