In order to advance the global agenda on the use of ICT for the health and well-being of MSM, UNAIDS collaborated with the Global Forum on Men Who have Sex with Men and HIV (MSMGF), the LINKAGES project and the Health Policy Project to organize an action-oriented consultation. This document reports back on a meeting held over two days in May 2015, which convened experts in the areas of ICT and HIV among gay men and other men who have sex with men.

The AIDS Institute of the New York State Department of Health undertook a number of initiatives to examine how social media can be used to expand the impact of HIV and STI services. Reports and tools collected through this initiative can be accessed online.

http://www.nyconferences.org/socialmedia/

This toolkit aims to introduce concepts that underlie social media, as well as major types of tools that are used, encouraging readers to consider how to take a strategic approach to integrating social media into existing efforts.

In this open-access online book, contributors address in succinct and practical ways the challenges and opportunities of using information communication technologies (ICTs) to improve HIV outcomes among especially marginalised communities.

This special issue of Digital Culture & Education (DCE) provides innovative programmatic approaches to HIV prevention and care services for gay men, other men that have sex with men (MSM) and transgender persons using information and communication technology (ICT).

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This program guide captures recommendations, best practices and processes currently being used by different online outreach programs with MSM across Ontario.

This eBook focuses on the many components of social media monitoring and evaluation, including how to: (1) Define social media monitoring and evaluation, (2) Identify potential quantitative and qualitative metrics to help measure social media activities, (3) Describe how social media quantitative and qualitative metrics contribute to overall program objectives, and (4) Identify ways of using social media metrics in communication planning.

Social media and social marketing offer innovative ways to meet youth where they already are – online. On this site, you will find tools and resources to create or enhance your social media and/or social marketing strategy to engage youth on HIV prevention and risk.

https://whatworksinyouthhiv.org/programs/social-media-marketing-outreach-strategies

In this edition of HIV Australia, authors reflect on the impact of social media and other digital technologies on responses to HIV. Contributors discuss how health promotion and health management systems are adapting to changing digital environments and the increasing socialisation of the web.

A review of the use of digital technologies in public health initiatives, including HIV.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cphorsphc-respcacsp/2014/tech-eng.php