Table 1 Function modules of HIV prevention app for MSM
Name | Function description |
|---|---|
Behavioral assessment | Assessment about user’s unprotected sex behaviors and condom use rate |
Behavior change plans | Setting personal goals and plans of health behavior change, and individualized reward/punishment plans |
Counseling | Buttons for enter into phone, message, Wechat and email counseling areas |
Health education | Knowledge about HIV diagnosis, prevention and treatment, skills of condom using, etc |
Personal health records | Uploading HIV/STDs testing results, building personal health records and health promotion plans |
Information push | Delivering latest news HIV prevention, treatment and related policies, and reminders of personal behavior, encouragement and advice |
Experts encouragements | Videos from professionals and celebrities to encourage user’s adherence to behavior change efforts |
Institutions introduction | Providing information about addresses, connection methods, providers and services offered of CDC, hospitals, NGOs nearby |
Feedback platform | Building a communication platform where users can give feedback of using the app |
Setting | Settings of time period of receiving information, passports of log in the app, latest versions, etc |