Promoting HIV-Testing among MSM in the Netherlands : The systematic development of an online HIV-prevention Intervention

J. Mikolajczak

To motivate Dutch MSM to take an HIV-test an effective health promotion program was required. The systematic development of such a program is the central focus of the work that is described in this thesis. The aim of the research presented in this thesis was to describe the application of Intervention Mapping (Bartholomew, Parcel, Kok & Gottlieb, 2006) to the systematic development of an online HIV-prevention intervention to promote HIV-testing among MSM in the Netherlands. As such, the work that is described in the different chapters of this thesis provides insight in the social-cognitive and external determinants related to HIV-testing among this target group. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods have been applied to gain insight therein. The results from this research can be of value for future health promotion activities, specifically in the area of HIV┌]prevention among MSM in the Netherlands.