Text Messaging Reduces HIV Risk Behaviors Among Methamphetamine-Using Men Who Have Sex with Men |
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| Authors: | Cathy J. Reback Deborah Ling Grant Jesse B. Fletcher Catherine M. Branson Steven Shoptaw Jane Rohde Bowers Mahnaz Charania Gordon Mansergh |
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| Affiliation: | Friends Research Institute, Inc., 1419?N. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, USA, reback@friendsresearch.org. |
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| Abstract: | Text-messaging interventions present a novel approach for targeting high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) who may not respond to or may be difficult to reach for face-to-face or site-based interventions. Project Tech Support (N?=?52) was an open label pilot study testing the feasibility and utility of a text-messaging intervention to reduce methamphetamine use and high-risk sexual behaviors among out-of-treatment MSM. Participants in the two-week intervention received social support and health education text messages transmitted in real-time. At follow-up, there were significant decreases in frequency of methamphetamine use and unprotected sex while on methamphetamine (both p?
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