Identifying Substance Use and High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth by Using Mobile Phone Data: Development and Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals are at heightened risk for substance use and sexually transmitted infections than their non-SGM peers. Collecting mobile phone usage data passively may open new opportunities for personalizing interventions, as behavioral risks could be identified without user input.

Objective

This study aimed to determine (1) whether passively sensed mobile phone data can be used to identify substance use and sexual risk behaviors for sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV transmission among young SGM who have sex with men, (2) which outcomes can be predicted with a high level of accuracy, and (3) which passive data sources are most predictive of these outcomes.

Methods

We developed a mobile phone app to collect participan

SUBMITTER: Beikzadeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360732 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature