Text messages for older African Americans with HIV

摘要 环境与健康集团（EHG），Inc.与我们的合作伙伴合作：新 英格兰50岁以上艾滋病协会，马萨诸塞州全州消费者咨询 艾滋病毒/艾滋病委员会（SWCAB），计算机科学与工程系， 南卡罗来纳州大学和芬威健康中心提出， 创新、低成本、量身定制的手机短信干预。目前超过 50万非裔美国人感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病。另外根据 疾病控制和预防中心，到2015年，50岁以上的人将 占美国所有艾滋病病例的一半。EHG建议的干预措施 将寻求解决缺乏基于证据的干预措施， 50岁以上的美国人，艾滋病毒呈阳性。该计划将结合联合收割机药丸提醒 (ART和其他慢性病药物），并为非洲人提供激励信息 50岁及以上的美国人，艾滋病毒感染者。本次会议将讨论两大 HIV阳性老年人坚持ART的障碍：1）神经认知能力 （记忆和执行功能），2）影响（态度和前景）。以及文化 这是许多老年非裔美国人对医疗保健专业人员不信任的障碍。的 该项目是基于EHG自己在艾滋病毒/艾滋病领域的工作和需求 2011年进行的一项评估显示：1）短信和激励 信息是支持ART依从性的理想选择，2）短信是 作为ART支持手段，首选基于计算机的干预措施。在第二阶段， 我们将对手机干预进行随机对照试验。该第二 该研究的第一阶段将包括当地药店作为合作伙伴。

Abstract Environment and Health Group (EHG), Inc. in collaboration with our partners: New England Association of HIV over 50, the Massachusetts Statewide Consumer Advisory Board (SWCAB) on HIV/AIDS, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Carolina, and Fenway Health Center proposes to develop an innovative, low-cost, tailored, cell phone text message intervention. Currently over 500,000 African Americans are living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by 2015, people over 50 years of age will account for half of all HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. EHG's proposed intervention will seek to address the lack of evidenced-based interventions for those African Americans, who are over 50, and HIV positive. The program will combine pill reminders (ART and other chronic illness medications) with motivational messages for African Americans, 50 years and older, with HIV. This intervention will address two major barriers to ART adherence among HIV positive older adults : 1) neurocognitive abilities (memory and executive function), 2) affect (attitude and outlook). as well as the cultural barrier of distrust of health care professionals felt by many older African Americans. The project is based on EHG's own work in the field of HIV/AIDS and on a needs assessment conducted in 2011 that revealed that: 1) text messages and motivational messages were desirable in supporting ART compliance, and 2) text messaging was preferred over computer-based interventions as a means of ART support. In Phase 2, we will conduct a randomized control trial of the cell phone intervention. This second phase of the study will include local pharmacies as partners.