Using Social Media to Enhance Provider Network for HIV and Harm Reduction Service Integration in Vietnam

Social media can potentially serve as a platform to coordinate medical care among fragmented health sectors. This paper describes procedures of using social media to enhance antiretroviral therapy (ART) and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) providers’ virtual network for integrated service for H...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2019-11, Vol.23 (11), p.3175-3183
Main Authors: Li, Li, Lin, Chunqing, Feng, Nan, Le, Tuan Anh, Hsieh, Julie, Nguyen, Diep Bich, Nguyen, Tuan Anh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use
Antiretroviral agents
Antiretroviral drugs
Antiretroviral therapy
Attitude of Health Personnel
Content analysis
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - methods
Digital media
Harm Reduction
Health Psychology
Health services
Health Services Accessibility
HIV
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV Infections - psychology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Integration
Internet
Mass media
Medical treatment
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Methadone
Methadone - therapeutic use
Opiate Substitution Treatment - methods
Participation
Public Health
Social Media
Social networks
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - organization & administration
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
Treatment compliance
Vietnam
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Summary:Social media can potentially serve as a platform to coordinate medical care among fragmented health sectors. This paper describes procedures of using social media to enhance antiretroviral therapy (ART) and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) providers’ virtual network for integrated service for HIV-positive people who inject drugs (PWID) in Vietnam. A total of 88 ART and MMT treatment providers participated in person group sessions followed by online virtual support to improve service integration. In-person reunions were held to reinforce Facebook participation and network activities. Content analysis was used to identify keywords and topic categories of the online information exchange. Both MMT and ART providers were actively engaged in online communications. Referral and treatment adherence were the two most frequently discussed topic areas by both the MMT and ART providers. Frequent cross-agency connections were observed. Online provider networks and communities could be built and useful to support treatment providers to improve service integration.
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-019-02542-4