Feasibility and Acceptability of a Motivational Interviewing-Based Telehealth Intervention for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening: Protocol for a Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men living with HIV (GBMSM-LWH) in the United States bear a heavy burden of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Timely diagnosis and treatment are key to prevention. Only a few studies have combined home specimen self-collection for bacterial STI screening with live audio and video (AV) conferencing. None have focused on GBMSM-LWH or incorporated motivational interviewing (MI), a client-centered, strengths-based counseling approach that seeks to support individuals to create positive behavioral change.

Objective

Our study seeks to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of an MI-based telehealth intervention that integrates home specimen self-collection from different anatomical sites of possible e

SUBMITTER: Sharma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393502 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature