Thomas Alex Washington1, Sheldon Applewhite2, Wendell Glenn3. 1. College of Health and Human Services, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA. 2. Department of Sociology, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA. 3. ADAM Project, Behavioral Health Services, Long Beach, CA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: A randomized control pilot study was conducted with Black men who have sex with men (BMSM; N = 42) aged 18-30 years to examine the feasibility of implementing a video intervention delivered using Facebook to motivate HIV testing. METHODS: At baseline, participants were unaware of their HIV status and had not tested for HIV in the past 6 months, residing in Los Angeles County. The intervention content included topics such as social influence, HIV knowledge, stigma, HIV positive knowledge, and benefits of knowing one's HIV status. FINDINGS: Logistic regression revealed that those receiving the video intervention were 7 times more likely to have tested for HIV than those in the control group at 6-week follow-up (odds ratio [OR] = 7.00, 95% confidence interval [1.72, 28.33], p = .006). CONCLUSION: Data suggest that the intervention was feasible for motivating HIV testing.
OBJECTIVE: A randomized control pilot study was conducted with Black men who have sex with men (BMSM; N = 42) aged 18-30 years to examine the feasibility of implementing a video intervention delivered using Facebook to motivate HIV testing. METHODS: At baseline, participants were unaware of their HIV status and had not tested for HIV in the past 6 months, residing in Los Angeles County. The intervention content included topics such as social influence, HIV knowledge, stigma, HIV positive knowledge, and benefits of knowing one's HIV status. FINDINGS: Logistic regression revealed that those receiving the video intervention were 7 times more likely to have tested for HIV than those in the control group at 6-week follow-up (odds ratio [OR] = 7.00, 95% confidence interval [1.72, 28.33], p = .006). CONCLUSION: Data suggest that the intervention was feasible for motivating HIV testing.
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Black men’s health; HIV intervention; HIV testing; men who have sex with men (MSM); social media
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