Table 2.
Youth GO Session Takeaways Corresponding to sIMB constructs (3 sessions, youth ranged in age from 13 to 24)
| Thematic areas from sIMB model | Younger youth (ages 13-17; N=10 total) | Older youth (ages 18 to 24; N=7 total) |
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| Information (e.g., what youth heard about HIV, side effects of medication) | Examples of what youth had heard or said about HIV: • Easy to die from HIV • Easy to overdosing on daily pill to prevent HIV • HIV is nasty and not curable • You know you have HIV when it hurts to urinate |
Examples of what youth had heard or said about HIV: • You can get it thru sex • HIV is a sexually transmitted disease, also it is non-curable • You die from HIV |
| Example of what youth said about taking PrEP and side effects: • Taking PrEP makes you feel better • Swallowing pills is hard • Remembering time is hard |
Example of what youth said about taking PrEP and side effects: • Not knowing if it’s going to work and side effects • The taste • Got harder because I got tired of smelling pills |
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| Motivation (e.g., preventing HIV, taking PrEP) | Examples of youth comments related to perceived HIV susceptibility and motivation to act • No HIV-specific worries related to sex or education • You can take vitamins for like stuff in your body. If you have something bad going in your body you can go to the doctors and they prescribe medicine to help you [when you are motivated to not get HIV] |
Examples of youth comments related to perceived HIV susceptibility and motivation to act • I believe the facts you have. HIV will be enough just to make you want to keep taking it • Wanting to get better • Be careful who you have sex with • Check condoms for holes |
| Examples facilitators to take PrEP pills once deciding to take action: • If you ever forgot to take your meds write it down • Easier if it’s in gummy form or you can crush it up with water |
Examples facilitators to take PrEP pills or prevent HIV once deciding to take action: • You can keep getting it from the pharmacy; you have to keep taking it to help health-wise • Celebrity influence [helps] • Go with friends when they get tested |
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| Behavioral skills (e.g., facilitators of PrEP, sources of information) | Examples of sources of information youth access when motivated to learn about HIV: • I hear about it from the website and ask my mom • I get it from a website and school and I hear it from friends • Can talk to doctor, mom, dad, or school nurse but nurse at school can’t give you medicine |
Examples of sources of information youth access when motivated to learn about HIV: • Can learn about it from the doctor and clinics such as planned parenthood • Comfortable talking to parents, but do not generally do so • Discussing sex can be easier with older cousin who is close in age and relates • Doctors can be trusted to talk about HIV since their job is to take care of you |
| Examples of contextual factors which facilitate HIV prevention behaviors • To help get refill just call doctors • Mom helps remember not doctor |
Examples of contextual factors which facilitate HIV prevention behaviors • Medications/vitamins are expensive; proven effectiveness of a medication; if the sources are allowable then I’ll be more inclined to take the medicine • Access to health information itself is a form of support • HIV prevention is not the only issue; overall mental, physical and emotional protection is important |