title: AIDS prevention in homosexual and bisexual men: results of a randomized trial evaluating two risk reduction interventions.
abstract: This study evaluates two AIDS risk-reduction interventions targeted at homosexual and bisexual men. Participants were randomized into two peer-led interventions: both involved a lecture on 'safer sex', and one provided a skills-training component during which men could discuss and rehearse the negotiation of safer sexual encounters. Follow-up data collection assessed self-reported changes in sexual behavior at 6 and 12 months. Skills training increased condom use for insertive anal intercourse. In sessions providing skills training, condom use increased, on average, by 44% between pre-test and second follow-up compared with only 11% on average in sessions which did not provide such training.
authors.affiliation: Falk Clinic Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Valdiserri
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lyter
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Leviton
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Callahan
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kingsley
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Rinaldo
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001727:Bisexuality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003275:Contraceptive Devices, Male; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011897:Random Allocation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior