Authors
Sean D Young, William G Cumberland, Sung-Jae Lee, Devan Jaganath, Greg Szekeres, Thomas Coates
Publication date
2013/9/3
Journal
Annals of internal medicine
Volume
159
Issue
5
Pages
318-324
Publisher
American College of Physicians
Description
Chinese translation
Background
Social networking technologies are an emerging tool for HIV prevention.
Objective
To determine whether social networking communities can increase HIV testing among African American and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM).
Design
Randomized, controlled trial with concealed allocation. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01701206)
Setting
Online.
Patients
112 MSM based in Los Angeles, more than 85% of whom were African American or Latino.
Intervention
Sixteen peer leaders were randomly assigned to deliver information about HIV or general health to participants via Facebook groups over 12 weeks. After participants accepted a request to join the group, participation was …
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