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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Disease Coping and Social Adversities Characterize User-Generated Content on Thrive with Me, an mHealth Platform for Men Living with HIV: Implications of a Novel Machine Learning–Aided Thematic Analysis

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Clinical Science

  • Simone Skeen
    Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
  • S. Scott Jones
    Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
  • Carolyn Cruse
    Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
  • AvaGrace Palazzolo
    Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
  • Keith Horvath
    San Diego State University

Abstract

Natural language processing and qualitative techniques were used to analyze users’ posts on a peer-support webapp for men living with HIV. Machine-detected topics and human-interpreted themes illustrated the benefits of the webapp, while highlighting the potentially detrimental influence of external news media.

Media/Technology