Hassani Maryam, Young Sean D
Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, 6091 Bren Hall, Irvine, CA, 92617, USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 640, Orange, CA, 92868, USA.
J Behav Health Serv Res. 2022 May 5:1-7. doi: 10.1007/s11414-022-09798-0.
Approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV, with many of them unaware of their infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is available to minimize transmission among those at high risk for infection, including men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and female sex workers. Despite its availability, there is low usage of PrEP. To address this problem, various digital tools have been examined in HIV research. Among those, conversational agents are still underused and their capacity warrants examination to reach at-risk populations. In this paper, we discuss the potential of conversational agents in increasing uptake of PrEP by addressing barriers experienced among those at high risk for infection.
约有120万人感染了艾滋病毒，其中许多人并不知道自己已被感染。暴露前预防（PrEP）可用于降低高危人群（包括男男性行为者、注射毒品者和女性性工作者）之间的传播风险。尽管有PrEP可用，但使用率较低。为了解决这一问题，艾滋病毒研究中对各种数字工具进行了研究。其中，对话代理的使用仍然不足，其覆盖高危人群的能力值得审视。在本文中，我们讨论了对话代理通过消除高危感染人群所面临的障碍来提高PrEP使用率的潜力。
