Ybarra ML, Agaba E, Chen E, Nyemara N. Iterative Development of In This toGether, the First mHealth HIV Prevention Program for Older Adolescents in Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2020 Aug;24(8):2355-2368. doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02795-4. Abstract: In Uganda, HIV prevention programming for older adolescents is noticeably lacking, even though HIV incidence rates increase dramatically from adolescence into young adulthood. Here we describe the development of In This toGether (ITG), the first-of-its-kind, comprehensive text messaging-based HIV prevention program for both sexually active and abstinent 18- to 22-year-old Ugandans. Five iterative development activities are described: (1) conducting focus groups (FGs) to better understand the sexual decision-making of older adolescents across Uganda … [Read more...]
Opportunities and challenges represented by online recruitment and enrollment of sexual minority adolescent girls in research
Prescott T, Price-Feeney M, Ybarra ML. Opportunities and challenges represented by online recruitment and enrollment of sexual minority adolescent girls in research. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 9-12 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Opportunities and challenges represented by online recruitment and enrollment of sexual minority adolescent girls in research from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Developing Girl2Girl: A text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for LGB girls 14-18 years of age
Ybarra ML, Prescott T, Price-Feeney M. Developing Girl2Girl: A text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for LGB girls 14-18 years of age. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 9-12 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Developing Girl2Girl from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Survey development for Girl2Girl, a text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for sexual minority adolescent girls
Price-Feeney M, Ybarra ML, Prescott T. Survey development for Girl2Girl, a text messaging-based pregnancy prevention program for sexual minority adolescent girls. Oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; 9-12 Nov 2017, Atlanta, GA. Survey Development for Girl2Girl from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Lessons learned using FB to recruit LGBT adults across eastern Africa into online sexual health focus groups
Ybarra M, Chen E, Prescott T. Lessons learned using FB to recruit LGBT adults across eastern Africa into online sexual health focus groups. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research 2017 Conference; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 12-13 Jul 2017. Lessons learned using FB to recruit LGBT adults across eastern Africa into online sexual health focus groups from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States
Ybarra M, Prescott T, Price-Feeney M, Saewyc E, Rosario M. STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research 2017 Conference; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 12-13 Jul 2017. STI testing behavior among sexual minority adolescent women recruited from FB in the United States from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Opportunities to tailor HIV prevention programming for Ugandan young adults
Ybarra M, Prescott T, Kyagaba E. Opportunities to tailor HIV prevention programming for Ugandan young adults. International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research 2017 Conference; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 12-13 Jul 2017. Opportunities to tailor HIV prevention programming for Ugandan young adults from Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Reaching adolescent gay, bisexual, and queer men online: Development and refinement of a national recruitment strategy
Prescott TL, Phillips G, 2nd, Dubois LZ, Bull S, Mustanski B, Ybarra ML. Reaching adolescent gay, bisexual, and queer men online: Development and refinement of a national recruitment strategy. J Med Internet Res. 2016;18(8):e200. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5602. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Using social networking websites to recruit research participants is increasingly documented in the literature, although few studies have leveraged these sites to reach those younger than 18 years. OBJECTIVE: To discuss the development and refinement of a recruitment protocol to reach and engage adolescent gay, bisexual, and other teenaged men who have sex with men (AGBM). Participants were recruited for development and evaluation activities related to Guy2Guy, a text messaging–based human immunodeficiency virus … [Read more...]