Publications by authors named "Elias Arellano Hall"
Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men and transgender women with HIV, particularly those who are racial or ethnic minorities, often have poor health outcomes. They also utilize a wide array of social media. Accordingly, we developed and implemented , an mHealth (mobile health) intervention where cyberhealth educators utilize established social media platforms (e.
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- Young racial/ethnic minority men who have sex with men and transgender women with HIV often face poor health outcomes, prompting the creation of the weCare social media intervention.
- The intervention utilized Facebook, texting, and GPS-based apps to improve HIV care engagement, leading to significant decreases in missed appointments (68.0% to 53.3%) and increases in viral load suppression (61.3% to 88.8%) after 12 months.
- Results suggest that leveraging social media can effectively support health improvements for targeted communities, enhancing both individual and community-level health outcomes.