Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Mobile HIV Prevention App to Increase HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Among Rural Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Southern United States: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

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A study protocol that plans to analyze the effectiveness of using a mobile app to increase HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the rural South. Discusses recruitment and analysis methods in this type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial.

Jeb Jones, Georgia Manley, Tiffany R. Glynn, et al.

JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e69540

07/2025

HIV and AIDS · Health screening · LGB · Men · Rural-urban differences · Sexual and reproductive health · The South · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention