Building Community in the HIV Online Intervention Space: Lessons From the HealthMPowerment Intervention.
Natalie A BlackburnWilla DongMegan ThreatsMegan BarrySara LeGrandLisa B Hightow-WeidmanKarina SoniDeren V PulleyJose A BauermeisterKate MuessigPublished in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (2021)
The lens of structuration theory usefully reveals potential behavior change mechanisms within the social interactions of an online intervention. Future design of these interventions to address HIV stigma should explicitly characterize the context in which individuals (study staff and participants) engage with one another in order to assess whether these processes are associated with improved intervention outcomes.