Receptivity of African American adolescents to an HIV-prevention curriculum enhanced by text messaging.
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2009-04-09
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PURPOSE 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
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Young people (10-24 years), Racial and ethnic minorities, Client, Access to information or data, Safe sex, HIV/AIDS, Social and behavior change communication, Health education or promotion, Text, SMS