Using eHealth to Reach Black and Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men Regarding Treatment as Prevention and Preexposure Prophylaxis: Protocol for a Small Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men in the United States continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS. Uptake of and knowledge about biobehavioral HIV prevention approaches, such as treatment as prevention and preexposure prophylaxis, are especially low in these populations. eHealth campaigns and social media messaging about treatment as prevention and preexposure prophylaxis may help to fill this gap in knowledge and lead to increased uptake of such strategies; however, no evidence exists of the effects of these targeted forms of communication on treatment as prevention and preexposure prophylaxis uptake in these populations.

Objective

We describe the protocol for a 3-part study aiming to develop and evaluate an eHealth intervention with in

SUBMITTER: van den Berg JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6066633 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature