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Trial reportAIDS and behavior2019

A Randomized Trial of an Online Risk Reduction Intervention for Young Black MSM.

Lisa B Hightow-Weidman, Sara LeGrand, Kathryn E Muessig, Ryan A Simmons, Karina Soni, Seul Ki Choi, Helene Kirschke-Schwartz, Joseph R Egger

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in AIDS and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lisa B Hightow-WeidmanInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. lisa_hightow@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-923X
Sara LeGrandDuke Global Heath Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Kathryn E MuessigGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Ryan A SimmonsDuke Global Heath Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Karina SoniInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Seul Ki ChoiGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Helene Kirschke-SchwartzInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Joseph R EggerDuke Global Heath Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USDuke University · US

Funding

Social and Behavioral Sciences CoreP30AI064518 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGIA Doris TOMARAS · 2005 to 2026
$50.5M
Health Mpowerment.org: a novel Internet and mobile phone HIV intervention for youR01MH093275 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HIGHTOW-WEIDMAN, LISA B · 2011 to 2015
$2.3M
National Institute of Mental Health R01MH093275-01NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI064518NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH093275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HealthMpowerment.org (HMP), is a mobile optimized, online intervention to reduce sexual risk behaviors among HIV-positive and HIV-negative young Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) by providing information and resources, fostering social support, and including game-based elements. A randomized controlled trial with 474 young BMSM compared HMP to an information-only control website. The rate of self-reported condomless anal intercourse (CAI) at 3-months was 32% lower in the intervention group compared to the control group (IRR 0.68, 95% CI 0.43, 0.93), however this effect was not sustained at 12 months. Among HIV-positive participants, the rate of CAI at 3-month follow-up was 82% lower among participants with detectable viral loads in the intervention group compared to the control group (IRR 0.18, 95% CI 0.04, 0.32). In a secondary analysis, when we limited to those who used HMP for over 60 min during the 3-month intervention period (n = 50, 25.8%), we estimated 4.85 (95% CI 2.15, 7.53) fewer CAI events than we would have expected in control participants, had they used the intervention at the same rate as the intervention group. Findings suggest that exposure to an online intervention can reduce the rate of CAI among young BMSM, at least in the short term. Given the stronger effect seen among those participants who complied with HMP, additional intervention engagement strategies are warranted.

Indexed as

Black or African AmericanHealth PromotionHomosexuality, MaleInternetRisk Reduction BehaviorAdultHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnsafe SexYoung AdultBlack MSMHIVOnlineRisk reduction

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PMID30269231
PMCPMC6440873
OpenAlexW2893647315

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