Abstract
HIV disproportionately impacts young men of color who have sex with men. Keep It Up! (KIU!) is an online intervention that addresses the needs of this population. The study objective was to examine intervention acceptability and engagement. Outcomes of interests were qualitative and quantitative acceptability and engagement measures, content ratings, and paradata. On average, participants rated content (4 out of 5 stars) and acceptability (3.5 out of 4) highly. Compared to White participants, Black participants found KIU! more useful, engaging, and acceptable; Latino participants found KIU! more engaging; and other non-White participants found KIU! more engaging and acceptable. Participants with high school or less education found KIU! more useful, engaging, acceptable, and deserving of five stars than college graduates (p values = .047, <.001, .002, .01) and graduate degree holders (p values = .04, .001, <.001, .004). KIU! is a promising prevention tool for highest risk populations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 287-305 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | AIDS Education and Prevention |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Funding
This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health (R01DA035145). We thank the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention laboratory for testing of the urine and rectal samples collected for this research. All authors made substantial contributions to the manuscript. Ms. Madkins contributed to writing the manuscript and was responsible for editing and formatting the manuscript. Dr. Moskowitz contributed to writing the manuscript and data interpretation. Mr. Moran led data analysis and interpretation, and contributed to writing the manuscript. Mr. Dellucci contributed to writing the manuscript. Dr. Mustanski was responsible for the study design and contributed to writing the manuscript and data interpretation. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, or the National Institutes of Health. Krystal Madkins, MPH, David A. Moskowitz, PhD, Kevin Moran, MPH, and Brian Mustanski, PhD, are affiliated with the Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine and Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Trey V. Dellucci, MS, is affiliated with The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. New York. This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health (R01DA035145). We thank the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention laboratory for testing of the urine and rectal samples collected for this research. All authors made substantial contributions to the manuscript. Ms. Madkins contributed to writing the manuscript and was responsible for editing and formatting the manuscript. Dr. Moskowitz contributed to writing the manuscript and data interpretation. Mr. Moran led data analysis and interpretation, and contributed to writing the manuscript. Mr. Dellucci contributed to writing the manuscript. Dr. Mustanski was responsible for the study design and contributed to writing the manuscript and data interpretation. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, or the National Institutes of Health. Address correspondence to Brian Mustanski, Northwestern University, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. E-mail: [email protected]
Keywords
- EHealth engagement measurement
- HIV prevention
- Intervention acceptability
- Keep It Up!
- MSM
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Infectious Diseases
