Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Jul 1;90(S1):S226-S234. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002983.
INTRODUCTION: The use of digital technology in HIV-related interventions and implementation strategies is increasing. Whether the use of technology is to directly improve patient outcomes (ie, part of the intervention) or as part of the strategy to implement interventions has important implications. In this article, we present 5 case studies of projects that feature the use of technology in HIV-related implementation research to identify and describe challenges specific to technology-based implementation research about study design, outcome measurement, implementing in an evolving technology landscape, and equity. METHODS: For each case study, we identified the technological components, classified the components as intervention or implementation strategy, and identified implications for measuring performance and ensuring equity. The Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment framework was used to identify the research stage of each project. RESULTS: Technology is being leveraged across a diverse array of implementation strategies to promote Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States. The case studies were primarily in the exploration and preparation phases of implementation, yet technology played a different role in each project- developing educational materials, mass media to recruit participants or distribute evidence-based campaigns, providing training, guiding tailoring, and implementing novel methods to democratize intervention development. DISCUSSION: Technology can play multiple roles in HIV-related implementation research projects, including serving as the intervention, being leveraged within implementation strategies, or both. We identified multiple considerations across projects that should be taken into account when measuring success and planning for equitable and sustained impact.
简介:数字技术在与 HIV 相关的干预措施和实施策略中的应用正在增加。技术的使用是否直接改善患者的结果(即干预措施的一部分)或作为实施干预措施的策略的一部分,具有重要意义。在本文中,我们展示了 5 个案例研究项目,这些项目都使用了技术来进行 HIV 相关的实施研究,以确定和描述与技术相关的实施研究中特有的挑战,包括研究设计、结果测量、在不断发展的技术环境中实施以及公平性等方面。
方法:对于每个案例研究,我们确定了技术组件,将组件分类为干预措施或实施策略,并确定了衡量绩效和确保公平性的影响。使用探索、准备、实施和维持框架来确定每个项目的研究阶段。
结果:技术正在被广泛应用于各种实施策略中,以促进美国终结艾滋病毒流行。这些案例研究主要处于实施的探索和准备阶段,但技术在每个项目中扮演着不同的角色——开发教育材料、招募参与者或分发基于证据的宣传活动的大众媒体、提供培训、指导调整以及实施民主化干预措施的新方法。
讨论:技术可以在与 HIV 相关的实施研究项目中发挥多种作用,包括作为干预措施、在实施策略中利用,或者两者兼而有之。我们在多个项目中确定了多个需要考虑的因素,这些因素在衡量成功和规划公平和可持续影响时都需要考虑。
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