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A Framework for Using eHealth Interventions to Overcome Medical Mistrust Among Sexual Minority Men of Color Living with Chronic Conditions

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a stepwise, multi-construct, innovative framework that supports the use of eHealth technology to reach sexual minority populations of color to establish trustworthiness and build trust. The salience of eHealth interventions can be leveraged to minimize the existing paradigm of medical mistrust among sexual minority populations of color living with chronic illnesses. These interventions include virtual environments and avatar-led eHealth videos, which address psychosocial and structural-level challenges related to mistrust. Our proposed framework addresses how eHealth interventions enable technology adoption and usage, anonymity, co-presence, self-disclosure, and social support and establish trustworthiness and build trust.

Source: Behavioral Medicine

DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2019.1570074

Authors: S. Raquel Ramos, Rueben Warren, Michele Shedlin, Gail Melkus, Trace Kershaw, Allison Vorderstrasse

Institutions: New York University, Tuskegee University, Yale University

Language: English

Topic: Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences