A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions Addressing HIV/STI Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Long Hoang Nguyen; Bach Xuan Tran; Luis E.C. Rocha; Huong Lan Thi Nguyen; Cui Yang; Carl A. Latkin; Anna Thorson; Susanne Strömdahl

doi:10.1007/s10461-019-02626-1

A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions Addressing HIV/STI Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Long Hoang Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Luis E.C. Rocha, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Cui Yang, Carl A. Latkin, Anna Thorson, Susanne Strömdahl

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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A systematic review was conducted to summarize and appraise the eHealth interventions addressing HIV/STI prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM), and characterize features of successful eHealth interventions. Fifty-five articles (17 pilots and 38 full efficacy trials) were included with the predominance of web-based interventions in the United States-based settings. Intervention modalities include web-based, short message service (SMS)/text messges/email reminder, online video-based, computer-assisted, multimedia-based, social network, live chat and chat room, virtual simulation intervention, and smartphone applications. Forty-nine eHealth interventions achieved a short-term behaviour change among participants. Four studies were conducted with 12-month follow-ups; and only one of them could maintain the behaviour change over this longer time period which could be due to the lack of booster interventions. Our study suggests that eHealth interventions can achieve short term behaviour change among MSM, however limited interventions could maintain behaviour change over 12 months. Further eHealth intervention strategies to promote HIV prevention among MSM should be conducted and rigorously evaluated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2253-2272
Number of pages	20
Journal	AIDS and behavior
Volume	23
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02626-1
State	Published - Sep 1 2019

Keywords

HIV
Intervention
MSM
STI
Systematic review
eHealth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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