Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Jan 19, 2024
Open Peer Review Period: Jan 19, 2024 - Mar 15, 2024
Date Accepted: Mar 21, 2024
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MyPEEPS Mobile App for HIV Prevention Among Transmasculine Youth: Adaptation through Community-Based Feedback and Usability Evaluation
ABSTRACT
Background:
Transgender men (TM) and transmasculine youth are at high-risk for acquiring HIV. Growing research on TM demonstrates increased HIV risk and burden compared to the general US population. Despite biomedical advances in HIV prevention, there remains a dearth of evidence-based, sexual health HIV prevention interventions for young transmen (YTM).
Objective:
The purpose of this study is to detail the user-centered design methods to adapt and improve the interface and usability of the MyPEEPS Mobile app for young transgender men.
Methods:
The MyPEEPS Mobile app for YTM was adapted through a user-centered design approach which included iterative review of the adapted prototype by expert advisors and a youth advisory board. The app was then evaluated through a rigorous usability evaluation.
Results:
MyPEEPS Mobile is among the first mHealth interventions developed to meet the specific needs of YTM to reduce HIV risk behaviors. While many of the activities in the original MyPEEPS Mobile were rigorously developed and tested, there was a need to adapt our intervention to meet the specific needs and risk factors among YTM and transmasculine youth. Findings from this study describe the adaptation of these activities through feedback from a youth advisory board and expert advisors. Following adaptation of the content, the app underwent a rigorous usability assessment through an evaluation with experts in human computer interaction and targeted end-users.
Conclusions:
Usability and adaptation findings demonstrate that the MyPEEPS mobile app is highly usable and perceived as potentially useful for targeting HIV risks behaviors in YTM
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