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A Peer-Led, Artificial Intelligence–Augmented Social Network Intervention to Prevent HIV Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness
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Background: Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) are at elevated risk of HIV/AIDS and disproportionately identify as racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minorities. We developed a new peer change agent (PCA) HIV prevention intervention with 3 arms: (1) an arm using an artificial intelligence (AI) planning algorithm to select PCAs; (2) a popularity arm, the standard PCA approach, operationalized as highest degree centrality (DC); and (3) an observation-only comparison group. Setting: A total of 713 YEH were recruited from 3 drop-in centers in Los Angeles, CA. Methods: Youth consented and completed a baseline survey that collected self-reported data on HIV knowledge, condom use, and social network information. A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest design was used; 472 youth (66.5% retention at 1 month postbaseline) and 415 youth (58.5% retention at 3 months postbaseline) completed follow-up. In each intervention arm (AI and DC), 20% of youth was selected as PCAs and attended a 4-hour initial training, followed by 7 weeks of half-hour follow-up sessions. Youth disseminated messages promoting HIV knowledge and condom use. Results: Using generalized estimating equation models, there was a significant reduction over time (P < 0.001) and a significant time by AI arm interaction (P < 0.001) for condomless anal sex act. There was a significant increase in HIV knowledge over time among PCAs in DC and AI arms. Conclusions: PCA models that promote HIV knowledge and condom use are efficacious for YEH. Youth are able to serve as a bridge between interventionists and their community. Interventionists should consider working with computer scientists to solve implementation problems.
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“Rice et al. (2021) demonstrated in a quasiexperimental study with 713 youth experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles (mean age 22.0 years), of whom 20-40% identified as sexual or gender minorities, that an AI planning algorithm for selecting peer change agents produced significantly greater reductions in condomless anal sex compared to standard popularity-based peer selection.”
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- Authors
- Rice, E., Wilder, B., Onasch-Vera, L., DiGuiseppi, G., Petering, R., Hill, C., Yadav, A., Lee, S.-J., & Tambe, M.
- Affiliations
- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA;
- Center for Research on Computation and Society, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Cambridge, MA;
- Lens Co;
- College of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University College Station, TX; and
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Division of Population Behavioral Health, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA.
- Venue
- JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
- Published
- 2021-12-15
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- S20-S26
- ISSN
- 1525-4135
- PMC
- PMC8579989
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 1
- Language
- en
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