Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

DOI

10.1016/j.jana.2014.08.002

Publication Title

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volume

26

Issue

2

Pages

139-150

Abstract

The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the quality of interventions using mobile health (mHealth) technology being developed for and trialed with HIV-infected African American (AA) women. We aimed to assess rigor and to ascertain if these interventions have been expanded to include the broad domain of self-management. After an extensive search using the PRISMA approach and reviewing 450 records (411 published studies and 39 ongoing trials atclinicaltrials.gov), we found little completed research that tested mHealth HIV self-management interventions for AA women. Atclinicaltrials.gov, we found several mHealth HIV intervention studies designed for women in general, forecasting a promising future. However, most studies were exploratory in nature and focused on a single narrow outcome, such as medication adherence. Given that cultural adaptation is the key to successfully implementing any effective self-management intervention, culturally relevant, gender-specific mHealth interventions focusing on HIV-infected AA women are warranted for the future.

Comments

© 2015 Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.

This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in:

Tufts, K. A., Johnson, K. F., Shepherd, J. G., Lee, J. Y., Bait Ajzoon, M. S., Mahan, L. B., & Kim, M. T. (2015). Novel interventions for HIV self-management in African American women: A systematic review of mHealth interventions. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 26(2), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2014.08.002

Original Publication Citation

Tufts, K. A., Johnson, K. F., Shepherd, J. G., Lee, J. Y., Bait Ajzoon, M. S., Mahan, L. B., & Kim, M. T. (2015). Novel interventions for HIV self-management in African American women: A systematic review of mHealth interventions. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 26(2), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2014.08.002

ORCID

0000-0001-7127-3370 (Johnson)

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