Testing Makes Us Stronger™: Evaluating the correlation between exposure and intermediate outcomes targeted by the campaign's messages.

Objectives: To examine whether self-reported exposure to Testing Makes Us Stronger™ (TMUS), an HIV testing health communication campaign for black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (BMSM), was associated with key intermediate outcomes targeted by the campaign's messages.

Methods: Data from sexually active, HIV-negative or unknown status BMSM aged 18-44 (N = 590) were collected through an anonymous Web-based survey that measured sociodemographics, campaign exposure, attitudinal beliefs, normative beliefs, self-efficacy, and HIV testing intentions, among other variables. The association between exposure to TMUS and intermediate outcomes was evaluated using propensity-score weight adjusted correlations.

Swipe Right: Dating Website and App Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.

This study explored the frequency of dating website and app usage among MSM to understand sub-group differences in use. Web-based survey data (N = 3105) were analyzed to assess the use of dating websites and apps. More than half (55.

Acceptability and potential impact of brief preconception health risk assessment and counseling in the WIC setting.

Purpose: To determine the reproductive risks of women using the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the acceptability of delivering preconception screening and counseling with the WIC encounter.

Design: A mixed methods approach to include quantitative analysis of reproductive risks and qualitative analysis of post-counseling interviews.

Setting: A WIC clinic in Clayton County, Georgia.

Change in women's knowledge of general and personal preconception health risks following targeted brief counseling in publicly funded primary care settings.

Purpose: To explore knowledge of general and personal preconception health risks among women in publicly funded clinics and whether brief counseling can improve knowledge.

Design: Interventional cohort study.

Setting: Five publicly funded primary care clinics.