Recalling, Sharing and Participating in a Social Media Intervention Promoting HIV Testing: A Longitudinal Analysis of HIV Testing Among MSM in China.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511317 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
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Recalling, Sharing and Participating in a Social Media Intervention Promoting HIV Testing: A Longitudinal Analysis of HIV Testing Among MSM in China.
Cao Bolin B Saha Pooja T PT Leuba Sequoia I SI Lu Haidong H Tang Weiming W Wu Dan D Ong Jason J Liu Chuncheng C Fu Rong R Wei Chongyi C Tucker Joseph D JD
AIDS and behavior 20190501 5
Social media interventions may enhance HIV services among key populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM). This longitudinal analysis examined the effect of recalling, sharing, and participating in different components of a social media intervention on HIV testing among MSM. The social media intervention included six images/texts and information about an online local community contest to promote testing. Of the 1033 men, they recalled a mean of 2.7 out of six images and shared an aver ...[more]
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