title: Feasibility of using an iPod touch device and acceptability of a stigma reduction intervention with HIV-infected women in the Deep South.
abstract: As with many infectious diseases throughout history, stigma is a part of the trajectory of the HIV disease process. HIV-related stigma impedes women from being tested for HIV. Once infected, HIV-related stigma hinders women from disclosing their HIV status to sexual partners and health care providers, engaging in medical care, effectively self-managing the disease after infection, and adhering to anti-retroviral therapy. After three decades of the HIV epidemic, no evidenced-based, culturally relevant, gender-specific interventions exist to help women infected with HIV manage the stigma associated with HIV infection. This manuscript reports the feasibility of using an iPod touch device and acceptability of a stigma reduction intervention with HIV-infected women in the Deep South in a mixed-method, randomized clinical trial. Results from the study demonstrate that it is feasible to utilize an iPod touch device to deliver an HIV-related stigma intervention to women. Further, women report that the HIV-related stigma intervention is acceptable and meaningful.
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Nursing, DUMC 3322, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. michael.relf@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Michael V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Relf
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Nursing, DUMC 3322, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. susan.silva@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Susan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Nursing, DUMC 3322, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. megan.williams@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Megan Scull
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Nursing, DUMC 3322, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. elizabeth.d.moore@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Nursing, DUMC 3322, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. joyell.arscott@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Joyell
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arscott
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Nursing, DUMC 3322, 307 Trent Drive, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. courtney.caiola@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caiola
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing & Health Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 33124, USA. j.barroso1@miami.edu.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barroso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D055539:MP3-Player; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011287:Prejudice; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D057545:Social Stigma; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Acceptability; Feasibility; HIV; HIV-related stigma; Stigma; Women; iPod touch