A CBPR Partnership Increases HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Outcome Findings from a Pilot Test of the "CyBER/Testing" Internet Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Rhodes, Scott D.; Vissman, Aaron T.; Stowers, Jason; Miller, Cindy; McCoy, Thomas P.; Hergenrather, Kenneth C.; Wilkin, Aimee M.; Reece, Michael; Bachmann, Laura H.; Ore, Addison; Ross, Michael W.; Hendrix, Ellen; Eng, Eugenia
Titel	A CBPR Partnership Increases HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Outcome Findings from a Pilot Test of the "CyBER/Testing" Internet Intervention
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 38 (2011) 3, S.311-320 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198110379572
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Participatory Research; Intervention; Health Promotion; Prevention; Testing; Pretests Posttests; Internet; Males; Homosexuality; Diagnostic Tests; Case Studies; Profiles; Cooperation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungstätigkeit; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Homosexualität; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Co-operation; Kooperation
Abstract	The Internet has emerged as an important tool for the delivery of health promotion and disease prevention interventions. Our community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership developed and piloted "CyBER/testing", a culturally congruent intervention designed to promote HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) within existing Internet chat rooms. Using a quasi-experimental, single-group study design, cross-sectional data were collected from chat room participants, known as "chatters," at pretest (n = 346) and posttest (n = 315). Extant profile data also were collected to describe the demographics of the online population. The intervention significantly increased self-reported HIV testing among chatters overall, increasing rates from 44.5% at pretest to nearly 60% at posttest (p less than 0.001). Furthermore, chatters who reported having both male and female sexual partners had nearly 6 times the odds of reporting HIV testing at posttest. Findings suggest that chat room--based HIV testing intervention may increase testing among MSM who may be difficult to reach in traditional physical spaces. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10