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AIDS.gov recently attended the National African American
MSM Leadership Conference on ***/AIDS and other
Health Disparities.
During the poster session of the conference,
we asked one of the presenters how he used technology
to overcome barriers to *** care.
We asked individuals what barriers kept them
from getting *** services.
The majority of them did identify fear of being identified
as *** positive.
So we basically proposed for them to look at 2013.
There’s ‘facetime’ on almost every iPhone or smartphone
available. There’s a reverse camera on the top
of the phone and on the back of the phone.
So one thing that we said was, “everyone doesn’t need
a physical every time they go to the doctor.”
"Everyone doesn’t have a physical problem
when they go to the doctor," in fact, when they go
to get their CD4 counts the majority of individuals
go to outside lab services or organizations to get their
blood draw on their own time.
So we said, “Maybe let’s use ‘facetime’
let’s use other resources online to actually have
a medical appointment, instead of going in-person
to a clinic between 9am and 5pm to get medical services.
AIDS.gov is grateful to Sammy Nesbit for chatting with us
about the use of technology in medical online appointments.
For more information on *** and the national response
visit AIDS.gov.
And to join in on the conversation, follow blog.AIDS.gov.