Text-messaging-enhanced HIV intervention for African American adolescents: a feasibility study.
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2013-04-15
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We 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
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Young people (10-24 years), Racial and ethnic minorities, Access to information or data, Feasibility, Safe sex, HIV/AIDS, STIs, excluding HIV, Health education or promotion, Social and behavior change communication