PowerON: The use of instant message counseling and the Internet to facilitate HIV/STD education and prevention
PowerON: The use of instant message counseling and the Internet to facilitate HIV/STD education and prevention
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DOI：
10.1016/j.pec.2009.01.002
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Owczarzak, Jill
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作者：
Moskowitz, David A.;Melton, Dan;Owczarzak, Jill
目的：近年来，基于互联网或在线咨询已成为评估心理障碍和与个人或群体讨论破坏性行为的有效方法。本研究旨在探讨网络咨询在男男性行为者（MSM）艾滋病/性病风险行为干预中的应用。方法：PowerON是一家专门为MSM提供性健康信息的网络咨询机构，利用即时信息技术，通过计算机媒介对MSM进行真实的咨询。PowerON辅导员和Gay.com用户之间的即时消息交换的279个成绩单的样本进行了记录和定性analysed.Results：约43%的即时消息会话讨论有关HIV/STD检测的信息。冒险行为在39%的会议中得到了解决。分别有23%和18%的咨询会议提供了关于艾滋病毒/性传播疾病的信息和一般咨询。结论：数据显示，这些即时消息会话是一个潜在的可行的论坛HIV/STD counselling.Practice的影响：通常在卫生诊所传播的信息可以成功地通过互联网分发给MSM。(C)2009爱思唯尔爱尔兰有限公司保留所有权利。
Objective: In recent years, Internet-based or online counseling has emerged as an effective way to assess psychological disorders and discuss destructive behaviors with individuals or groups of individuals. This Study explores the application of online counseling to HIV/STD risk-taking behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM).Methods: PowerON, an organization that provides sexual health information to MSM exclusively online, used instant message technology to counsel MSM in real time through computer-mediated means. A sample of 279 transcripts of instant message exchanges between PowerON counselors and Gay.com users were recorded and qualitatively analyzed.Results: Approximately 43% of the instant message sessions discussed information about HIV/STD testing. Risk-taking behaviors were addressed in 39% of the sessions. Information about HIV/STDs and general counseling were given in 23% and 18% of the counseling sessions, respectively. Conclusion: The data showed these instant message sessions to be a potentially feasible forum for HIV/STD counseling.Practice implications: Information ordinarily disseminated at health clinics could be successfully distributed through the Internet to MSM. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.