ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2016
Ethical Considerations in Recruiting Online and Implementing a Text Messaging-Based HIV Prevention Program With Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Adolescent Males.
Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02113956 (Harnessing the Power of Text Messaging to Invigorate AMSM HIV Preventive Behavior), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Harnessing the Power of Text Messaging to Invigorate AMSM HIV Preventive Behavior
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Missing assent: a global systematic review of ethical practices in HIV research with men who have sex with men (MSM) under 18.BMC medical ethics · 2026Pooled it
- Adolescent participation in HIV research: consortium experience in low and middle-income countries and scoping review.The lancet. HIV · 2020Pooled it
- Subgroup Analyses of Girl2Girl, a Text Messaging-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Sexual Minority Girls: Results from a National RCT.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Trial
- A Pilot RCT Evaluating InThistoGether, an mHealth HIV Prevention Program for Ugandan Youth.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- 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
- The Effect of a Text Messaging Based HIV Prevention Program on Sexual Minority Male Youths: A National Evaluation of Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Guy2Guy.AIDS and behavior · 2018Trial
- Pilot RCT Results of an mHealth HIV Prevention Program for Sexual Minority Male Adolescents.Pediatrics · 2017Trial
- Latent profiles of mental health and care barriers among heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents.Israel journal of health policy research · 2026Article
- Real-Time Exposure to Intersectional Minority Stressors and Alcohol Use: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study With Latinx and Non-Latinx Sexual Minority Youth.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- The Sacred, the Sinful, and the Shamed: The Association Between Compulsive Sexual Behavior, Moral Disapproval, and Sexual Shame Among Jewish Religious Adolescents.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Mental health and body image among SGM youth engaged with a digital eating disorder intervention.Journal of LGBT youth · 2024Article
- Ethical guidelines for human research on children and adolescents: A narrative review study.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2024Review
- "I don't see myself represented:" Strategies and considerations for engaging gay male Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander teens in research and HIV prevention services.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Synthesizing Adaptive Digital Bioethics to Guide the Use of Interactive Communication Technologies in Adolescent Behavioral Medicine: A Systematic Configurative Review.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2022Review
- Recommendations for the Development of HIV Prevention Interventions Among Latino Young Sexual Minority Groups.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2021Article
- Ethical Considerations in HIV eHealth Intervention Research: Implications for Informational Risk in Recruitment, Data Maintenance, and Consent Procedures.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2020Review
- Whether to Waive Parental Permission in HIV Prevention Research Among Adolescents: Ethical and Legal Considerations.The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics · 2020Article
- Adaptive Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Interventions for Youth Living With HIV Through Text Message and Cell Phone Support With and Without Incentives: Protocol for a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART).JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Privacy, Trust, and Data Sharing in Web-Based and Mobile Research: Participant Perspectives in a Large Nationwide Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents' Views On HIV Research Participation and Parental Permission: A Mixed-Methods Study.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThere is a dearth of HIV prevention/healthy sexuality programs developed for adolescent gay and bisexual males (AGBM) as young as 14 years old, in part because of the myriad ethical concerns. To address this gap, we present our ethics-related experiences implementing Guy2Guy, a text messaging-based HIV prevention/healthy sexuality program, in a randomized controlled trial of 302 14- to 18-year-old sexual minority males.
methodsPotential risks and efforts to reduce these risks are discussed within the framework of the Belmont Report: Respect for persons, beneficence (e.g., risks and benefits), and justice (e.g., fair distribution of benefits and burdens).
resultsTo ensure "respect for persons," online enrollment was coupled with telephone assent, which included assessing decisional capacity to assent. Beneficence was promoted by obtaining a waiver of parental permission and using a self-safety assessment to help youth evaluate their risk in taking part. Justice was supported through efforts to develop and test the program among those who would be most likely to use it if it were publicly available (e.g., youth who own a cell phone and are enrolled in an unlimited text messaging plan), along with the use of recruitment targets to ensure a racially, ethnically, and regionally diverse sample.
conclusionsIt is possible to safely implement a sensitive and HIV prevention/healthy sexuality program with sexual minority youth as young as 14 years old when a rigorous ethical protocol is in place.
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