A mixed-methods approach to assessing implementers' readiness to adopt digital health interventions (RADHI).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite being the primary setting for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM) since the start of the epidemic, community-based organizations (CBOs) struggle to reach this historically stigmatized and largely hidden population with face-to-face interventions. HIV researchers have readily turned to the internet to deliver critical HIV education to this group, with evidence of high effectiveness and acceptability across studies. However, implementation outside of research contexts has been limited and not well studied. We aimed to assess HIV CBOs' readiness to adopt digital health interventions and identify contextual factors that may contribute to differing levels of readiness.

Methods

We recruited 22 CBOs across the US through a pragmatic request-for-p

SUBMITTER: Li DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11348516 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature