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one of the most pressing public health problems in Newark, Jersey City and the surrounding communities," Jones said. "Over 68 percent of HIV infections in urban women are heterosexually transmitted. This is a preventable disease and the computer prototype to deliver video vignettes is an innovative approach to promote change in women's HIV risk behaviors."

The National Library of Medicine grant follows a two-year $155,500 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health which Jones received earlier this year. That grant allowed Jones to conduct several focus groups with men and women and develop a series of digital video vignettes concerning trust, sexual pressure and high-risk sexual behavior. Researchers will create storyboards and produce 20 video vignettes performed by actors that will include people in the community and Rutgers students.

"We are developing a computerized interactive system," said Jones. "By using a computer, urban women will be able to self-assess their HIV risk depending on their behavior. Participants will see a video tailored to their relationship pattern."

Jones said the prototype should be ready for testing by the end of this year.

From its headquarters at Rutgers Newark, Rutgers College of Nursing offers a broad range of academic programs on all three Rutgers campuses. The college offers a master's program with unique practitioner specialties and the only doctoral (Ph.D) nursing degree in New Jersey.

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Contact: Miguel Tersy
miguel@nightingale.rutgers.edu
973-353-5293
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
14-Feb-2005

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