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Ethics Issues in Social Media–Based HIV Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2015

CHINGCHE J. CHIU ,
LUIS MENACHO ,
CELIA FISHER  and
SEAN D. YOUNG
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Abstract:

Questions have been raised regarding participants’ safety and comfort when participating in e-health education programs. Although researchers have begun to explore this issue in the United States, little research has been conducted in low- and middle-income countries, where Internet and social media use is rapidly growing. This article reports on a quantitative study with Peruvian men who have sex with men who had previously participated in the Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE) program, a Facebook-based HIV education program. The survey assessed participants’ ethics-relevant perspectives during recruitment, consent, intervention, and follow-up.

Keywords

ethicsmen who have sex with men (MSM)social mediasocial networking technologiesHIV/AIDS
Type
Special Section: Bioethics and Information Technology
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , July 2015 , pp. 303 - 310
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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