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Feasibility and Acceptability of Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Use Among African American Men Who Have Sex With Men in Baltimore

IntroductionEpidemiological data suggest the highest rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the United States are among African American men who have sex with men (MSM) [1].

Cui Yang, Beth Linas, Gregory Kirk, Robert Bollinger, Larry Chang, Geetanjali Chander, Daniel Siconolfi, Sharif Braxton, Abby Rudolph, Carl Latkin

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2015;3(2):e67

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Utilization of an Animated Electronic Health Video to Increase Knowledge of Post- and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Among African American Women: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey

Despite FDA approval of PEP in 2005 and PrEP in 2012 [9], both biomedical prevention strategies have been scarcely used among African American women [10].Little is known about the interest of biomedical prevention strategies among African American women [3,11

Keosha T Bond, S Raquel Ramos

JMIR Form Res 2019;3(2):e9995

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#BlackBreastsMatter: Process Evaluation of Recruitment and Engagement of Pregnant African American Women for a Social Media Intervention Study to Increase Breastfeeding

IntroductionBackgroundOver the past 25 years, African American (AA) mothers have had consistently lower breastfeeding rates than any other group of women in the United States [1].

Cassy Dauphin, Nikia Clark, Renee Cadzow, Frances Saad-Harfouche, Elisa Rodriguez, Kathryn Glaser, Marc Kiviniemi, Maria Keller, Deborah Erwin

J Med Internet Res 2020;22(8):e16239

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A Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Mobile Health Intervention Among Church-Going African Americans: Formative Evaluation of the FAITH! App

IntroductionIdeal cardiovascular (CV) health has been defined by the American Heart Association (AHA) as the achievement of optimal levels of 7 key components, including health-promoting behaviors (optimal diet and physical activity [PA], achieving normal weight

LaPrincess C Brewer, Ashok Kumbamu, Christina Smith, Sarah Jenkins, Clarence Jones, Sharonne N Hayes, Lora Burke, Lisa A Cooper, Christi A Patten

JMIR Form Res 2020;4(11):e21450

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Comparison of a Collective Intelligence Tailored Messaging System on Smoking Cessation Between African American and White People Who Smoke: Quasi-Experimental Design

Very few tailoring interventions have successfully targeted African American people who smoke [21].

Jamie M Faro, Catherine S Nagawa, Jeroan A Allison, Stephenie C Lemon, Kathleen M Mazor, Thomas K Houston, Rajani S Sadasivam

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020;8(4):e18064

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A Spiritually-Based Text Messaging Program to Increase Cervical Cancer Awareness Among African American Women: Design and Development of the CervixCheck Pilot Study

Other studies have attributed the differences in cervical cancer mortality rates between African American and white women to the quality of screening and follow-up after abnormal screening that African American women receive [4] and to higher disease stage

Daisy Le, Linda Aldoory, Mary A Garza, Craig S Fryer, Robin Sawyer, Cheryl L Holt

JMIR Form Res 2018;2(1):e5

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Meeting Kids Where They Are At–A Substance Use and Sexual Risk Prevention Program via Telemedicine for African American Girls: Usability and Acceptability Study

HIV infection is particularly problematic for African American youth living in the rural South, with an infection rate over 800% that of Whites in the same region [19].

Cristina Lopez, Amanda K Gilmore, Angela Moreland, Carla Kmett Danielson, Ron Acierno

J Med Internet Res 2020;22(8):e16725

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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Culturally Tailored Website to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity Levels in African American Mother-Child Dyads: Observational Study

Nearly 75% of African American adults own a mobile phone device [10], serving as an opportune channel for disseminating health messages.

Alicia Chung, Barbara Wallace, Monica Stanton-Koko, Azizi Seixas, Girardin Jean-Louis

JMIR Pediatr Parent 2019;2(1):e12501

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A Church-Based Weight Loss Intervention in African American Adults using Text Messages (LEAN Study): Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

IntroductionObesity represents a health inequity for African American adults [1,2]. African American adults with obesity are at greater risk for developing chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Robert L Newton Jr, Leah A Carter, William Johnson, Dachuan Zhang, Sandra Larrivee, Betty M Kennedy, Melissa Harris, Daniel S Hsia

J Med Internet Res 2018;20(8):e256

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Randomized Controlled Trials of Technology-Based HIV/STI and Drug Abuse Preventive Interventions for African American and Hispanic Youth: Systematic Review

African American and Hispanic youth are disproportionately affected by HIV/STIs. In 2014, an estimated 9731 youth were diagnosed with HIV in the United States; 78% of those diagnoses occurred in African American and Hispanic youth [3,5].

David Córdova, Frania Mendoza Lua, Lauretta Ovadje, Ethan Hong, Berenice Castillo, Christopher P Salas-Wright

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2017;3(4):e96

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