General and health-related Internet use among an urban, community-based sample of HIV-positive women: implications for intervention development.
General and health-related Internet use among an urban, community-based sample of HIV-positive women: implications for intervention development.
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一般和健康相关的互联网在基于社区的艾滋病毒阳性妇女样本中使用:对干预开发的影响。
DOI:
10.1080/09540121.2014.980215
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Cunningham CO
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文献类型:
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作者:
Blackstock OJ;Haughton LJ;Garner RY;Horvath KJ;Norwood C;Cunningham CO
Internet-based HIV interventions are increasingly common, although little focus has been on HIV-positive women. To understand the feasibility of using the Internet to deliver behavioral interventions to HIV-positive women, we sought to describe patterns of Internet use for general and health-related purposes and to explore differences between Internet-using and non-using women. From February 2014 to April 2014, 103 women were recruited at six community-based organizations in the Bronx, NY that provide services to HIV-positive persons. Women completed a 30-minute interview and answered a brief survey of socio-demographic factors, risk behavior and clinical characteristics. We performed χ2 and Kruskal-Wallis tests to compare Internet users and non-users. Sixty-one percent of participants were current Internet users, most of whom used a personal electronic device (e.g., cellphone/smartphone) to access the Internet. While higher proportions of Internet users were passively engaged (e.g., signed up to receive email updates [42.9%] or watched an online video [58.7%] for health-related purposes), smaller proportions (12.7–15.9%) were involved in more interactive activities such as posting comments, questions, or information about health-related issues in an online discussion or a blog. A majority of Internet non-users (60.0%) expressed interest in going online. Lack of computer or Internet access (37.5%) and Internet navigation skills (37.5%) were the primary reasons for non-use. Compared with non-users, Internet users were more likely to be younger, to have higher socioeconomic status, and to report low health-related social support. Despite having a lower proportion of Internet users in our study than the general population, Internet-using women in our study had relatively high levels of online engagement and went online for both general and health-related purposes. However, Internet-based interventions targeting HIV-positive women will likely need to include providing computer and/or Internet access as well as training participants in how to navigate the Internet.
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影响因子:
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作者:
Horvath, Keith J.;Oakes, J. Michael;Rosser, B. R. Simon;Danilenko, Gene;Vezina, Heather;Amico, K. Rivet;Williams, Mark L.;Simoni, Jane
通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1097/qai.0b013e3181b563e7
发表时间:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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