Following the Trail of an HIV-Prevention Web Site Enhanced for Mobile Cell Phone Text Messaging Delivery
| Autor: | Judith B. Cornelius, Philip M. Bard, Ann C. White, Jennifer L. Toth, Michael G. Cato, Michael W. Moore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Library science HIV Infections computer.software_genre medicine.disease_cause Health informatics Article Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Phone Text messaging medicine Humans Sociology education Advanced and Specialized Nursing Internet Text Messaging education.field_of_study Multimedia business.industry medicine.disease Assistant professor Facilitator business computer Cell Phone |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 23:255-259 |
| ISSN: | 1055-3290 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jana.2011.03.002 |
| Popis: | Judith B. Cornelius, PhD,MS, RN, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Michael G. Cato, MBA, BS, is the Executive Director of Health Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Jennifer L. Toth, MS-CS, is a Business Systems Analyst at Barnhardt Manufacturing Company, Charlotte, NC. Philip M. Bard, AS, is a Technology Solutions Analyst in Health Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Michael W. Moore, PhD, MA, BS, is an Instructional Technologist in Health Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. Ann White, MPH, is a Master Facilitator on the BART Text Messaging Project and the President and CEO of Sony Beck Consulting in Charlotte, NC, USA. Since the emergence of HIV, a plethora of Web sites have been developed to disseminate information about the disease. HIV-related Web sites provide facts about prevention, treatment, clinical trials, funding, support, and resources (Chou, Holzemer, Portillo, & Slaughter, 2004; Courtenay-Quirk et al., 2010; Courtenay-Quirk, Wolitski, Hoff, & Parsons, 2003; Kremer & Ironson, 2007; Reeves, 2000, 2001). However, while the number of HIV-related Web sites has increased, rates of infection among AfricanAmerican adolescents has also increased. In 2005, African Americans were 15% of the U.S. population ages 13–19 but represented 66% of adolescent AIDS cases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2007, 2008). These infection rates indicate that HIV-prevention efforts have not been fully effective in reaching at-risk adolescents. One evidencebased intervention, Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART), has been effective in reaching AfricanAmerican adolescents with HIV information (CDC, 2009), but the face-to-face approach of BART limits dissemination to only small groups of teens. Clearly an alternative approach to the delivery of this information is needed. One such alternative is the use of mobile cell phones (MCPs). MCPs are ubiquitous in the hands of youth today and are an important part of adolescent culture. |
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