Participatory Design of a Web-Based HIV Oral Self-Testing Infographic Experiment (HOTIE) for Emerging Adult Sexual Minority Men of Color: A Mixed Methods Randomized Control Trial

S. Raquel Ramos, David T. Lardier, Keosha T. Bond, Donte T. Boyd, Olivia M. O’Hare, LaRon E. Nelson, Barbara J. Guthrie and Trace Kershaw
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S. Raquel Ramos: School of Nursing, Yale University, Orange, CT 06477, USA
David T. Lardier: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Keosha T. Bond: School of Medicine, The City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
Donte T. Boyd: College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Olivia M. O’Hare: College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
LaRon E. Nelson: School of Nursing, Yale University, Orange, CT 06477, USA
Barbara J. Guthrie: School of Nursing, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Trace Kershaw: School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-16

Abstract: Health communication is a key health promotion approach for translating research findings into actionable information. The purpose of this study was to use participatory design to create and then test the usability and comprehension of an HIV self-testing infographic in a sample of 322 emerging adult, sexual minority men of color. Our study objectives addressed three challenges to HIV self-testing: (1) correct usage of the test stick, (2) understanding the number of minutes to wait before reading the result, and (3) how to correctly interpret a negative or a positive HIV result. This study was a two-phase, sequential, mixed methods, pilot, online, randomized controlled trial. Results suggested a significant mean difference between the control and intervention groups on HIV self-testing knowledge, with the control group outperforming the intervention group. However, two-thirds or better of the participants in the intervention group were able to comprehend the three critical steps to HIV self-testing. This was a promising finding that has resulted in the authors’ development of additional recommendations for using participatory design for visual aid development in HIV prevention research. Participatory design of an HIV self-testing infographic is a rigorous approach, as a health communication strategy, to address public health priorities.

Keywords: consumer health informatics; health literacy; health communication; HIV; sexual and gender minorities; participatory design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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