University of Massachusetts, Worcester
The intersection of smoking and HIV/AIDS poses a serious public health threat in Vietnam. Vietnam is dealing with these two challenges with parallel rather than integrated plans. Using a computer-tailored texting intervention, study investigators seek to promote the use of an underused, available, government-funded resource (the Quitline) and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) that the quitline provides, thus, promoting cessation among PLWH.
M2Q2-HIV \[mHealth Messaging to Motivate Quitline Use and Quitting among Persons Living with HIV (PLWH) in Vietnam (M2Q2-HIV)\] is an adaptation of a current computer-tailored smoking cessation intervention in Vietnam. Study investigators seek to promote underused government resources for public health (the Quitline) and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) among PLWH in a sustainable manner. Investigators will test M2Q2-HIV by conducting a randomized control trial with 600 PLWH smokers in two provinces in Northern Vietnam (26 clinics; 9,877 HIV patients). In Aim 1, study investigators will co…
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosed HIV infection (prevalent and incident HIV). 2. At least 18 years old. 3. Current smoker. 4. Be able to receive texts and read text (literate). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the next six months. 2. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent. 3. Prior diagnosis of serious mental health illness. 4. Smoker who helped develop the motivational texts used in the intervention (participated in Aim 1). 5. Family member of another participant in the study.
Participants in the intervention group will be exposed to the texting intervention through a series of culturally tailored assessments and motivational text messages from the text messaging system sent throughout the 6 months of duration of the study.
Participants in the comparison group will be exposed to a brief set of five texts with facts about smoking risks and assessment messages that are not culturally tailored from the text messaging system.
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