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Erschienen in: Current HIV/AIDS Reports 4/2019

27.06.2019 | Implementation Science (E Geng, Section Editor)

Design Considerations for Implementing eHealth Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention in Evolving Sociotechnical Landscapes

verfasst von: Dennis H. Li, C. Hendricks Brown, Carlos Gallo, Ethan Morgan, Patrick S. Sullivan, Sean D. Young, Brian Mustanski

Erschienen in: Current HIV/AIDS Reports | Ausgabe 4/2019

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Abstract

Purpose of review

Despite tremendous potential for public health impact and continued investments in development and evaluation, it is rare for eHealth behavioral interventions to be implemented broadly in practice. Intervention developers may not be planning for implementation when designing technology-enabled interventions, thus creating greater challenges for real-world deployment following a research trial. To facilitate faster translation to practice, we aimed to provide researchers and developers with an implementation-focused approach and set of design considerations as they develop new eHealth programs.

Recent findings

Using the Accelerated Creation-to-Sustainment model as a lens, we examined challenges and successes experienced during the development and evaluation of four diverse eHealth HIV prevention programs for young men who have sex with men: Keep It Up!, Harnessing Online Peer Education, Guy2Guy, and HealthMindr. HIV is useful for studying eHealth implementation because of the substantial proliferation of diverse eHealth interventions with strong evidence of reach and efficacy and the responsiveness to rapid and radical disruptions in the field. Rather than locked-down products to be disseminated, eHealth interventions are complex sociotechnical systems that require continual optimization, vigilance to monitor and troubleshoot technological issues, and decision rules to refresh content and functionality while maintaining fidelity to core intervention principles. Platform choice and sociotechnical relationships (among end users, implementers, and the technology) heavily influence implementation needs and challenges. We present a checklist of critical implementation questions to address during intervention development.

Summary

In the absence of a clear path forward for eHealth implementation, deliberate design of an eHealth intervention’s service and technological components in tandem with their implementation plans is critical to mitigating barriers to widespread use. The design considerations presented can be used by developers, evaluators, reviewers, and funders to prioritize the pragmatic scalability of eHealth interventions in research.
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Metadaten
Titel
Design Considerations for Implementing eHealth Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention in Evolving Sociotechnical Landscapes
verfasst von
Dennis H. Li
C. Hendricks Brown
Carlos Gallo
Ethan Morgan
Patrick S. Sullivan
Sean D. Young
Brian Mustanski
Publikationsdatum
27.06.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current HIV/AIDS Reports / Ausgabe 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1548-3568
Elektronische ISSN: 1548-3576
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-019-00455-4

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