Technology-Based Prevention
As the general access to technology increases, interventionists have been considering the use of computers (CD-ROMS) and social networking (online chatrooms) to disseminate prevention information.
Sources speaking about technology-based prevention are:
Hooper, S., Rosser, B. R. S., Horvath, K. J., Oakes, J. M., Danilenko, G., & The Men’s INTernet Sex II (MINTS-II) Team. (2008). An online needs assessment of a virtual community: What men who use the internet to seek sex with men want in internet-based HIV prevention. AIDS & Behavior 12(6), 867-875.
Ito, K. E., Kalyanaraman, S., Ford, C. A., Brown, J. D., Miller, W. C. (2008). “Let’s talk about sex”: Pilot study of an interactive CD-ROM to prevention HIV/STIs in female adolescents. AIDS Education & Prevention 20(1), 78-89.
Noar, S. M., Black, H. G., & Pierce, L. B. (2009). Efficacy of computer technology-based HIV prevention interventions: A meta-analysis. AIDS 23(1), 107-115.
University of California San Francisco (2007). How does the internet affect HIV prevention? Retrieved July 15, 2009, from http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/pubs/FS/internet.php.