HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education): Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing

Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing

This study seeks to determine whether social networking technologies can be used to increase HIV prevention and testing.The HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) model seeks to apply a diffusion of innovations style intervention to social media to increase HIV testing.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Has had sex with a man in the past 12 months
• Lives in Lima or Callao, Peu
• Has a Facebook account or willing to create one

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not satisfy inclusion criteria