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Health Information for Infected Veterans
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
This is a study of My HealtheVet (MHV) use by Veterans diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and VA providers/staff who care for them. The investigators hope to learn and understand how MHV can improve the self-management of chronic conditions like HIV. First, the investigators will review Veteran medical records to look at the relationship between use of MHV and whether it has a positive or negative impact on the Veteran's management of HIV. Next, the investigators will interview participants to find out how MHV for self-management is used by Veterans and to find out why Veterans and providers choose to use (or not use) specific MHV tools. Lastly, the investigators will use the information found from the first two steps and create an intervention that will encourage non-MHV users to use the MHV tools that can help achieve health-related goals. Once the intervention has been developed, Veterans and providers will participate in a "cognitive walkthrough" to help the researchers test the intervention to see if it is usable, possible, and acceptable.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
123
Start Date
2019-06-24
Completion Date
2025-09-30
Last Updated
2026-05-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
HIV-infected Veterans who use MHV
The investigators will use information from Veteran medical records to assess the relationship between Veteran HIV health care outcomes and the use of MHV. Next, the investigators will interview Veterans to understand why MHV is used. Finally, the investigators will create an intervention based on the information learned that will encourage use of MHV and ask Veterans to test it out.
HIV-infected Veterans who do not use MHV
The investigators will use information from Veteran medical records to assess the relationship between Veteran HIV health care outcomes and the use of MHV. Next, the investigators will interview Veterans to understand why MHV is not used. Finally, the investigators will create an intervention based on the information learned that will encourage use of MHV and ask Veterans to test it out.
Providers and staff of HIV-infected veteran
The investigators will interview providers and staff to understand why they think Veterans at their health system use or do not use the MHV portal for self management. The investigators will create and test an intervention based on information learned that will encourage use of MHV among Veterans and providers/staff.
Locations (8)
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, California, United States
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
San Diego, California, United States
Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL
Orlando, Florida, United States
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, North Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY
New York, New York, United States