Trial reportAIDS and behavior2018
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.
Trial report in AIDS and behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Harnessing the Power of Text Messaging to Invigorate AMSM HIV Preventive Behavior
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Telehealth in HIV Management for People Living with HIV and Key Populations: A Systematic Review of Models, Adherence, Viral Suppression, and Behavioral Outcomes.AIDS and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- What is the added value of incorporating pleasure in sexual health interventions? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Improving the Sexual Health of Young People (under 25) in High-Risk Populations: A Systematic Review of Behavioural and Psychosocial Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness, Acceptability, and Feasibility of Digital Health Interventions for LGBTIQ+ Young People: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- A Relationship-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Sexual Minority Men in the United States: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the We Prevent Intervention.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Project Moxie: Results of a Feasibility Study of a Telehealth Intervention to Increase HIV Testing Among Binary and Nonbinary Transgender Youth.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
- 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
- Evaluating a Multimedia Messaging Intervention to Increase Adolescent HIV Testing: Protocol for a Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness Implementation Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Engaging LGBTQ+ Youth in Human-Centered Design of a Digital Health Intervention via Discord: Implementation Case Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Recruiting sexual minority youth for a drug abuse prevention trial: Comparing Instagram and Facebook.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Prevent with Pleasure: A systematic review of HIV public communication campaigns incorporating a pleasure-based approach.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Addressing Health Inequities in Digital Clinical Trials: A Review of Challenges and Solutions From the Field of HIV Research.Epidemiologic reviews · 2022Review
- A Systematic Review of the Scope of Study of mHealth Interventions for Wellness and Related Challenges in Pediatric and Young Adult Populations.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2022Review
- Association of CAI Vulnerability and Sexual Minority Victimization Distress Among Adolescent Men Who Have Sex With Men.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2021Article
- How Alcohol Influences Mechanisms of Sexual Risk Behavior Change: Contributions of Alcohol Challenge Research to the Development of HIV Prevention Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2021Review
- Recommendations for the Development of HIV Prevention Interventions Among Latino Young Sexual Minority Groups.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2021Article
- Who Aren't We Reaching? Young Sexual Minority Men's Non-participation in an HIV-Prevention and Mental Health Clinical Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Depression and HIV Transmission Risk among Methamphetamine-Using Men who have Sex with Men.Addiction research & theory · 2021Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
There is a paucity of literature documenting how the constructs of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model are affected by exposure to technology-based HIV prevention programs. Guy2Guy, based on the IMB model, is the first comprehensive HIV prevention program delivered via text messaging and tested nationally among sexual minority adolescent males. Between June and November 2014, 302 14-18 year old gay, bisexual, and/or queer cisgender males were recruited across the US on Facebook and enrolled in a randomized controlled trial testing Guy2Guy versus an attention-matched control program. Among sexually inexperienced youth, those in the intervention were more than three times as likely to be in the "High motivation" group at follow-up as control youth (aOR = 3.13; P value = 0.04). The intervention effect was not significant when examined separately for those who were sexually active. HIV information did not significantly vary by experimental arm at 3 months post-intervention end, nor did behavioral skills for condom use or abstinence vary. The increase in motivation to engage in HIV preventive behavior for adolescent males with no prior sexual experience is promising, highlighting the need to tailor HIV prevention according to past sexual experience. The behavioral skills that were measured may not have reflected those most emphasized in the content (e.g., how to use lubrication to reduce risk and increase pleasure), which may explain the lack of detected intervention impact. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov ID# NCT02113956.
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