Browsing by Author "Cornelius, Judith B"
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- ItemAdolescents' perceptions of a mobile cell phone text messaging-enhanced intervention and development of a mobile cell phone-based HIV prevention intervention.(2011-12-22) Cornelius, Judith B; St Lawrence, Janet S; Howard, Jacquelyn C; Shah, Deval; Poka, Avinash; McDonald, Delilah; White, Ann CPURPOSE This study examined African American adolescents perceptions of a mobile cell phone MCP enhanced intervention and development of an MCP based HIV prevention intervention DESIGN AND METHODS One focus group was conducted with 11 adolescents who participated in the Becoming a Responsible Teen Text Messaging project RESULTS Adolescents said they benefited from the MCP enhanced approach and were receptive to the idea of developing an MCP based intervention PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Nurses can use the findings of this report as a starting point in examining the development of MCP based sexuality education with parents and adolescents
- ItemDevelopment and pretesting multimedia HIV-prevention text messages for mobile cell phone delivery.(2011-08-26) Cornelius, Judith B; Cato, Michael; Lawrence, Janet St; Boyer, Cherrie B; Lightfoot, Marguerita
- ItemFollowing the trail of an HIV-prevention Web site enhanced for mobile cell phone text messaging delivery.(2012-04-20) Cornelius, Judith B; Cato, Michael G; Toth, Jennifer L; Bard, Philip M; Moore, Michael W; White, Ann
- ItemReceptivity of African American adolescents to an HIV-prevention curriculum enhanced by text messaging.(2009-04-09) Cornelius, Judith B; St Lawrence, Janet SPURPOSE This study assessed African American adolescents receptivity to an HIV prevention curriculum enhanced by text messaging DESIGN AND METHODS Two focus groups were conducted with 14 African American adolescents regarding how an HIV prevention curriculum could be enhanced for text messaging delivery RESULTS The adolescents were receptive to the idea of text messaging HIV prevention information but wanted to receive a maximum of three messages per day during the hours of 4 00 6 00 p m PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS By taking the findings of this study nurses other healthcare providers and community based organizations can adapt evidence based interventions for text messaging delivery to individuals at high risk for HIV infection
- ItemText-messaging-enhanced HIV intervention for African American adolescents: a feasibility study.(2013-04-15) Cornelius, Judith B; Dmochowski, Jacek; Boyer, Cherrie; St Lawrence, Janet; Lightfoot, Marguerita; Moore, MichaelWe examined the feasibility and acceptability of an HIV prevention intervention for African American adolescents delivered via mobile cell phones and looked at intervention related changes in beliefs and sexual behaviors We used a longitudinal one group comparison design with data collected at three points Forty adolescents 13 18 years old participated in the Becoming a Responsible Teen intervention followed by the delivery of daily multimedia messages for 3 months The mobile cell phone enhanced intervention was feasible and acceptable to the participants Greater HIV knowledge improved attitudes toward condoms and increased perceived HIV risk scores were observed with older adolescents 16 18 years old Behavior trends showed a decrease in the number of times participants reported engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse over the previous 2 months Mobile cell phone multimedia text messaging boosters tested in this study provided preliminary evidence of efficacy of the enhanced HIV prevention intervention for African American youth