A Novel Online Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Among Men Who Meet Men Online

一种新颖的在线干预措施可降低在网上认识男性的男性的性风险

• 批准号: 7284243
• 负责人: SABINA HIRSHFIELD
• 金额: $ 22.66万
• 依托单位: PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7284243
• 关键词: Novel; Online; Intervention; Reduce; Sexual

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Increasing HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) is cause for serious concern. New HIV infections in MSM have been attributed to factors including safer sex fatigue, HIV treatment optimism, drug use, and easy access to sex partners via Internet hook-up sites. The purpose of this proposed project entitled, A Novel Online Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk among Men who Meet Men Online, is to assess the feasibility of developing and implementing an innovative online randomized HIV behavioral risk intervention using digital video vignettes. The target population of interest for this proposed online intervention is men who have sex with men (MSM) who meet male sex partners online. Men who seek sex online are more likely to report a sexually transmitted infection (STI), have sexual encounters with HIV-positive partners, and to self-identify as being white and homosexual, compared to men who do not seek sex online. We recently conducted an online pilot intervention and were successful at recruiting and following a convenience sample of MSM participants online, using a single-group, pre-post test design. Between baseline and 3-month follow-up, we found significant increases in HIV disclosure to new sex partners and HIV testing. Based on the success of our pilot data, we request funding to test the feasibility of developing and implementing a 4-branch, randomized control design, with a pre-post test and 30-day follow-up, to be implemented online, including the ABC components. We hypothesize that a brief online behavioral intervention using digital videos, which are meant to elicit critical thinking and attitude and behavior change, will yield a reduction in sexual transmission risk, and increase HIV testing and HIV disclosure to sexual partners to varying degrees among MSM who meet male sex partners online. If successful, this type of novel intervention will be efficient, cost-effective, feasible to replicate online, and especially useful in overcoming geographic boundaries, such as reaching men in rural areas or other hard-to-reach populations.

描述（由申请人提供）：与男性发生性关系（MSM）的男性增加HIV传播是引起严重关注的原因。 MSM中的新艾滋病毒感染已归因于包括更安全的性疲劳，艾滋病毒治疗乐观，吸毒以及通过互联网连接网站与性伴侣轻松接触的因素。这个拟议的项目的目的是一种新的在线干预措施，以减少在线男性在线与男性的性风险，以评估使用数字视频小插图开发和实施创新的在线在线随机HIV行为风险干预措施的可行性。这项建议的在线干预措施的目标人群是与男性发生性关系的男性（MSM）在线与男性伴侣会面。与不在线寻求性行为的男人相比，在线寻求性别的男性更有可能报告性传播感染（STI），与HIV阳性伴侣发生性关系，并自我认同是白人和同性恋。我们最近进行了在线飞行员干预措施，并成功地招募了MSM参与者的便利样本，并使用单组，前测试设计。在基线和3个月的随访之间，我们发现对新的性伴侣和艾滋病毒测试的HIV披露显着增加。基于我们的飞行员数据的成功，我们要求资金测试开发和实施4个分支，随机控制设计的可行性，并在线测试和30天随访，将在线实施，包括ABC组件。我们假设使用数字视频进行简短的在线行为干预（旨在引起批判性思维，态度和行为改变）将减少性传播风险，并增加在网上与男性性伴侣会见的MSM中，在不同程度上向性伴侣披露HIV测试和HIV披露。如果成功的话，这种新型干预措施将是有效的，具有成本效益的，可在线复制的，在克服地理边界方面特别有用，例如在农村地区或其他难以触及的人群中触及男人。