TY - JOUR
T1 - A randomized controlled trial of soap opera videosstreamed to smartphones to reduce riskofsexuallytransmitted human immunodeficiencyvirus(HIV) in young urbanAfricanAmerican women
AU - Jones, Rachel
AU - Hoover, Donald R.
AU - Lacroix, Lorraine J.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Background: Love, Sex, and Choices (LSC) is a soap opera video series created to reduce HIV sex risk in women. Methods: LSC was compared to text messages in a randomized trial in 238 high-risk mostly Black young urban women. 117 received 12-weekly LSC videos, 121 received 12-weekly HIV prevention messages on smartphones. Changes in unprotected sex with high risk partners were compared by mixed models. Results: Unprotected sex with high risk men significantly declined over 6 months post-intervention for both arms, from 21-22 acts to 5-6 (p < 0.001). This reduction was 18 % greater in the video over the text arm, though this difference was not statistically significant. However, the LSC was highly popular and viewers wanted the series to continue. Conclusion: This is the first study to report streaming soap opera video episodes to reduce HIV risk on smartphones. LSC holds promise as an Internet intervention that could be scaled-up and combined with HIV testing.
AB - Background: Love, Sex, and Choices (LSC) is a soap opera video series created to reduce HIV sex risk in women. Methods: LSC was compared to text messages in a randomized trial in 238 high-risk mostly Black young urban women. 117 received 12-weekly LSC videos, 121 received 12-weekly HIV prevention messages on smartphones. Changes in unprotected sex with high risk partners were compared by mixed models. Results: Unprotected sex with high risk men significantly declined over 6 months post-intervention for both arms, from 21-22 acts to 5-6 (p < 0.001). This reduction was 18 % greater in the video over the text arm, though this difference was not statistically significant. However, the LSC was highly popular and viewers wanted the series to continue. Conclusion: This is the first study to report streaming soap opera video episodes to reduce HIV risk on smartphones. LSC holds promise as an Internet intervention that could be scaled-up and combined with HIV testing.
KW - Entertainment education
KW - HIV prevention in African American urban women
KW - HIV risk in women
KW - Intervention research
KW - Randomized control trial
KW - Streaming video to smartphones
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U2 - 10.1016/j.outlook.2013.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.outlook.2013.03.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 23743482
SN - 0029-6554
VL - 61
SP - 205-215.e3
JO - Nursing Outlook
JF - Nursing Outlook
IS - 4
ER -