Mobile HIV Prevention App for Black Women

"in-the-kNOW is a mobile app with restricted access through a single-use registration code.~The app will be developed with regular input from Black women enrolled in Atlanta Healthy Start Initiative (AHSI).~The app will have culturally- and contextually targeted HIV prevention and optimal sexual health messaging.~Each participant will have 4 months to engage with the app, with e-reminders in time intervals preferred by the participants (a minimum of 3 times per week) via push notifications. During the 4-month study period, participants will receive push notifications to encourage the use of all app domains: My Logger, My Test, My Resources, and My Circle.~Research staff will complete 2-month check-ins via phone call or video chat with participants."

"The control condition will be a one-time virtual women's health counseling session with a healthcare provider. Participants will get information on~1. Sexual Transmitted Infections (STI)/HIV prevention,~2. Family planning, and~3. General health promotion (e.g., exercise and diet).~The control condition provides access to HIV prevention materials that are publicly available but that do not offer the dynamic and individually customized features of the health communication/new media research approach proposed herein.~Control group participants will continue to receive the usual care associated with Atlanta Healthy Start Initiative (AHSI) enrollment.~The control group will not have access to intervention content (e.g. commodity ordering) until after the study has concluded.~Research staff will complete 2-month check-ins via phone call or video chat with participants."