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Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake
Approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV, with many of them unaware of their infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is available to minimize transmission among those at high risk for infection, including men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and female sex workers. Desp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9071246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35513743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11414-022-09798-0 |
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description | Approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV, with many of them unaware of their infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is available to minimize transmission among those at high risk for infection, including men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and female sex workers. Despite its availability, there is low usage of PrEP. To address this problem, various digital tools have been examined in HIV research. Among those, conversational agents are still underused and their capacity warrants examination to reach at-risk populations. In this paper, we discuss the potential of conversational agents in increasing uptake of PrEP by addressing barriers experienced among those at high risk for infection. |
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spelling | pubmed-90712462022-05-06 Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake Hassani, Maryam Young, Sean D. J Behav Health Serv Res Article Approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV, with many of them unaware of their infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is available to minimize transmission among those at high risk for infection, including men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and female sex workers. Despite its availability, there is low usage of PrEP. To address this problem, various digital tools have been examined in HIV research. Among those, conversational agents are still underused and their capacity warrants examination to reach at-risk populations. In this paper, we discuss the potential of conversational agents in increasing uptake of PrEP by addressing barriers experienced among those at high risk for infection. Springer US 2022-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9071246/ /pubmed/35513743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11414-022-09798-0 Text en © National Council for Mental Wellbeing 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Hassani, Maryam Young, Sean D. Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake |
title | Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake |
title_full | Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake |
title_fullStr | Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake |
title_full_unstemmed | Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake |
title_short | Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake |
title_sort | potential role of conversational agents in encouraging prep uptake |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9071246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35513743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11414-022-09798-0 |
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