Health Information for Infected Veterans

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.

Conditions

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Interventions

OTHER

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.

OTHER

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.

OTHER

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System

  collaborator FED

• Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital

  collaborator FED

• VA Office of Research and Development

  lead FED

Principal Investigators

• Amanda M. Midboe, PhD · VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-06-24

Primary Completion

2025-09-30

Completion

2025-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations