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12614374

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
The goal of the project was to develop and evaluate theory-based interventions designed to change sexual behaviour and promote safer sex practices of HIV seropositive young men and adolescents with haemophilia to prevent transmission to sexual partners and offspring. Safer sex was defined as abstinence, consistent condom use, or 'outercourse' (intimate, non-intercourse sexual behaviour). This project utilized the Transtheoretical Model developed by Prochaska and DiClemente, which describes behaviour change as an incremental, stage-based process. The 1-year intervention protocol consisted of two individual sessions and two peer-centred activities. One hundred and four adolescents, residing in 22 states, participated. Pre- and post-intervention evaluations were conducted to measure stage progression for participants. The number who were in the action or maintenance stage of change for safer sex was significantly greater at post-test than at pre-test (79 vs. 62%, P < 0.0001). Participants also reported an increased use of outercourse. In addition, significant increases in self-efficacy and knowledge regarding safer sex were demonstrated. Following these stage-based interventions, participants were significantly more likely to be engaging in safer sex behaviours than they were previously. These intervention activities can be adapted for use with other adolescent populations and for other behaviour change goals in adolescents with haemophilia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1351-8216
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
214-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Promoting safer sex among HIV-positive youth with haemophilia: theory, intervention, and outcome.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. butler@email.chop.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Multicenter Study