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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/91145, first published .
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A Web-Based Virtual Environment Behavioral Intervention as Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Disease Prevention Education in Persons With HIV: Evaluation of the LEARN Randomized Controlled Trial

A Web-Based Virtual Environment Behavioral Intervention as Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Disease Prevention Education in Persons With HIV: Evaluation of the LEARN Randomized Controlled Trial

S Raquel Ramos   1, 2, 3 * , MBA, MSN, PhD ;   Lindsie Boerger   4 * , BA ;   Arjee Javellana Restar   2, 3 * , MPH, PhD ;   Manali Phadke   5 * , MA ;   Sangchoon Jeon   1 * , PhD ;   Constance Johnson   6, 7 * , MS, PhD ;   Gail Melkus   8 * , ANP, EdD ;   Trace Kershaw   2, 3 * , PhD ;   Harmony Reynolds   9, 10 * , MD ;   Allison Vorderstrasse   11 * , RN, DNSc

1 School of Nursing, Yale University, Orange, CT, United States

2 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

3 Center for Interdisciplinary Research of AIDS, New Haven, CT, United States

4 Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, New Haven, CT, United States

5 Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States

6 Cizik School of Nursing, UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, United States

7 McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, United States

8 Rory Myers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, United States

9 Department of Medicine, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, United States

10 Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States

11 Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States

*all authors contributed equally

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  • S Raquel Ramos, MBA, MSN, PhD
  • School of Nursing
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