title: Text-messaging-enhanced HIV intervention for African American adolescents: a feasibility study.
abstract: We examined the feasibility and acceptability of an HIV prevention intervention for African American adolescents delivered via mobile cell phones and looked at intervention-related changes in beliefs and sexual behaviors. We used a longitudinal one-group comparison design with data collected at three points. Forty adolescents, 13-18 years old, participated in the Becoming a Responsible Teen intervention followed by the delivery of daily multimedia messages for 3 months. The mobile-cell-phone enhanced intervention was feasible and acceptable to the participants. Greater HIV knowledge, improved attitudes toward condoms, and increased perceived HIV risk scores were observed with older adolescents (16-18 years old). Behavior trends showed a decrease in the number of times participants reported engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse over the previous 2 months. Mobile-cell-phone multimedia-text-messaging boosters tested in this study provided preliminary evidence of efficacy of the enhanced HIV prevention intervention for African American youth.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Judith B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Cornelius
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dmochowski
authors.forename: Cherrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: St Lawrence
authors.forename: Marguerita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lightfoot
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012309:Risk-Taking; D060145:Text Messaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*