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Ethics Issues in Social Media–Based HIV Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Questions have been raised regarding participants' safety and comfort when participating in e-health education programs. Although researchers have begun to explore this issue in the United States, little research has been conducted in low- and middle-income countries, where Internet and social media use is rapidly growing. This article reports on a quantitative study with Peruvian men who have sex with men who had previously participated in the Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE) program, a Facebook-based HIV education program. The survey assessed participants' ethics-relevant perspectives during recruitment, consent, intervention, and follow-up.

Source: Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

DOI: 10.1017/s0963180114000620

Authors: CHINGCHE J. CHIU, LUIS MENACHO, CELIA FISHER, SEAN D. YOUNG

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Award: HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute