Tabor Flickinger|Claire DeBolt|Alice Xie|Alison Kosmacki|Marika Waselewski|Ava Lena Waldman|George Reynolds|Mark R. Conaway|Wendy F. Cohn|Karen S. Ingersoll|Rebecca Dillingham
Addressing Stigma Through a Virtual Community for People Living with HIV: A Mixed Methods Study of the PositiveLinks Mobile Health Intervention
University of Virginia|University of Virginia|University of Virginia|University of Virginia|University of Virginia|University of Virginia|Health Decision Technologies (United States)|University of Virginia|University of Virginia|University of Virginia|Center for Global Health
stigma negative consequences quality life hiv care outcomes positivelinks mobile health intervention includes secure anonymous community message board cmb investigated discussion stigma changes stigma scores 77 participants pilot 63 male 49 black 72 incomes federal poverty level twentyone percent cmb posts 3941834 contained stigmarelated content including negative experiencing stigma positive overcoming stigma posts addressing intrapersonal interpersonal stigma higher baseline stigma positively correlated stress negatively correlated hiv care selfefficacy 12month data showed trend toward improved stigma scores posters cmb versus nonposters 45 vs 063 posters stigmarelated content versus content 51 vs 33 preliminary evidence suggests supportive virtual community accessed clinicaffiliated smartphone app help people living hiv address stigma