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| Title |
The emergence of ethical issues in the provision of online sexual health outreach for gay, bisexual, two-spirit and other men who have sex with men: perspectives of online outreach workers
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12910-017-0216-7 |
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| Authors |
Sophia Fantus, Rusty Souleymanov, Nathan J. Lachowsky, David J. Brennan |
| Abstract |
Mobile applications and socio-sexual networking websites are used by outreach workers to respond synchronously to questions and provide information, resources, and referrals on sexual health and STI/HIV prevention, testing, and care to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GB2M). This exploratory study examined ethical issues identified by online outreach workers who conduct online sexual health outreach for GB2M. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted between November 2013 and April 2014 with online providers and managers (n = 22) to explore the benefits, challenges, and ethical implications of delivering online outreach services in Ontario, Canada. Interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analyses were conducted, and member-checking, analyses by multiple coders, and peer debriefing supported validity and reliability. Four themes emerged on the ethical queries of providing online sexual health outreach for GB2M: (a) managing personal and professional boundaries with clients; (b) disclosing personal or identifiable information to clients; (c) maintaining client confidentiality and anonymity; and (d) security and data storage measures of online information. Participants illustrated familiarity with potential ethical challenges, and discussed ways in which they seek to mitigate and prevent ethical conflict. Implications of this analysis for outreach workers, researchers, bioethicists, and policy-makers are to: (1) understand ethical complexities associated with online HIV prevention and outreach for GB2M; (2) foster dialogue to recognize and address potential ethical conflict; and (3) identify competencies and skills to mitigate risk and promote responsive and accessible online HIV outreach. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| Canada | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 136 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 136 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 23 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 8% |
| Researcher | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 18% |
| Unknown | 49 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 13% |
| Psychology | 13 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Unknown | 54 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 January 2018.
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#6,059,471
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Outputs from BMC Medical Ethics
#523
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#99,129
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Ethics
#11
of 21 outputs
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