Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 13201 Bruce B Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33617, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2012 Oct;16(7):1961-9. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0040-x.
Novel strategies are needed to expand access to effective behavioral interventions for HIV prevention. Delivering effective group-based interventions to people living with HIV using video-conferencing technology is an innovative approach that may address this need, but has not been explored. Twenty-seven women living with HIV (WLH) who had just completed Healthy Relationships, a group-based behavioral program for WLH, participated in focus groups to share their thoughts about potentially participating in Healthy Relationships via a video-conferencing group. Overall, WLH supported the idea of video-group delivery of the program. They had numerous questions about logistics, expressed concerns about safety and confidentiality, and indicated a preference for accessing video-groups via special video-phones versus computers. Findings warrant further research into the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of video-group delivery of HIV prevention interventions and suggest important considerations for researchers and practitioners who may employ video-conferencing for intervention delivery.
需要新的策略来扩大获得有效的预防艾滋病毒的行为干预措施的途径。使用视频会议技术为艾滋病毒感染者提供有效的基于小组的干预措施是一种创新方法，可以满足这一需求，但尚未得到探索。27 名刚刚完成“健康关系”的艾滋病毒感染者（WLH）参加了焦点小组，分享了他们对通过视频会议小组参与“健康关系”的潜在想法。总的来说，WLH 支持通过视频会议小组提供该计划的想法。他们对后勤工作有很多疑问，对安全和保密性表示担忧，并表示更愿意通过特殊的视频电话而不是电脑来访问视频小组。研究结果证明，进一步研究视频小组提供艾滋病毒预防干预措施的可行性、可接受性和有效性是合理的，并为可能使用视频会议进行干预措施的研究人员和从业人员提供了重要的考虑因素。
