Presented by Rachel Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, Northeastern University
Faculty Scholar, Institute on Urban Health Research and Practice
From Nursing Practice to Intervention Development: Lowering Urban Women’s HIV Risk with a Web-based Video Series on Smartphones
Monday, October 26, 2015
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
415 Shillman Hall
This presentation will review a current, ongoing randomized controlled trial to evaluate an intervention utilizing Love, Sex, & Choices (LSC), a 12-episode, soap opera web series designed to promote reduction in HIV risk behavior and increase in HIV testing among high risk, young, urban Black women. Dr. Jones will discuss the theoretical framework and descriptive studies that led to the development of LSC, with additional emphasis on establishing benchmarks to evaluate differences in risk and demographics between those recruited online and those recruited in traditional on-the-ground venue sampling. Technical matrices, performance matrices and video evaluation will be described. By integrating dissemination and implementation criteria into an efficacy trial as a hybrid model, LSC can feasibly and rapidly be scaled-up to stream 24/7 via Internet access.
Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor at Northeastern School of Nursing and a Faculty Scholar at the Institute on Urban Health Research and Practice. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, and a former recipient of the Nurse Educator of the New York Times Tribute to Nurses award. Previously in clinical practice as a family nurse practitioner, a large proportion of her caseload was people with, or at risk, for HIV/AIDS.