title: Adolescents' perceptions of a mobile cell phone text messaging-enhanced intervention and development of a mobile cell phone-based HIV prevention intervention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined African American adolescents' perceptions of a mobile cell phone (MCP)-enhanced intervention and development of an MCP-based HIV prevention intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  One focus group was conducted with 11 adolescents who participated in the Becoming a Responsible Teen Text Messaging project.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescents said they benefited from the MCP-enhanced approach and were receptive to the idea of developing an MCP-based intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses can use the findings of this report as a starting point in examining the development of MCP-based sexuality education with parents and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. jbcornel@uncc.edu
authors.forename: Judith B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Cornelius
authors.forename: Janet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: St Lawrence
authors.forename: Jacquelyn C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Deval
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poka
authors.forename: Delilah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Ann C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D060145:Text Messaging