Effectiveness of a video-based motivational skills-building HIV risk-reduction intervention for inner-city African American men

TitleEffectiveness of a video-based motivational skills-building HIV risk-reduction intervention for inner-city African American men
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1999
AuthorsKalichman, SC, Cherry, C, Browne-Sperling, F
JournalJournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Volume67
Pagination959-966
Date PublishedDec
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0022-006X (Print)0022-006X (Linking)
Accession Number10596517
Keywords*Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, *Health Promotion, *Motivation, *Urban Population, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*prevention & control, Adolescent, Adult, African Americans/*psychology, Contraception Behavior/psychology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Sexual Behavior/psychology, Treatment Outcome, Video Recording
Abstract

Interventions to reduce HIV risk behavior have shown promise but have demonstrated inconsistent effects with heterosexual men. This article reports a cognitive-behavioral HIV risk reduction intervention designed for heterosexually active African American men. Men (N = 117) recruited from a public clinic were randomly assigned to either (a) a 6-hr video-based small group motivational-skills intervention or (b) a 6-hr video-based contact-matched HIV education comparison group. Results showed men in the motivational-skills intervention reported lower rates of unprotected vaginal intercourse and higher rates of condom use at the 3-month follow-up. However, because of increased condom use in the comparison condition, differences between groups dissipated 6 months following the intervention. These findings are among the first to demonstrate effects from a motivational-skills intervention for reducing HIV risk in men who have sex with women using a model designed to facilitate transferring prevention technology to community settings.

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