David Moskowitz|Dan Melton|Jill Owczarzak
PowerON: The use of instant message counseling and the Internet to facilitate HIV/STD education and prevention
Medical College of Wisconsin|Medical College of Wisconsin
recent years internetbased online counseling emerged effective way assess psychological disorders discuss destructive behaviors individuals groups individuals study explores application online counseling hivstd risktaking behavior among men sex men msmpoweron organization provides sexual health information msm exclusively online used instant message technology counsel msm real time computermediated means sample 279 transcripts instant message exchanges poweron counselors gaycom users recorded qualitatively analyzedapproximately 43 instant message sessions discussed information hivstd testing risktaking behaviors addressed 39 sessions information hivstds general counseling given 23 18 counseling sessions respectivelythe data showed instant message sessions potentially feasible forum hivstd counselinginformation ordinarily disseminated health clinics could successfully distributed internet msm