Effects of prebehavioral cognitive work on adolescents' acceptance of condoms.
Two educational strategies designed to promote condom use for sexually transmitted disease protection were tested in a field experiment involving 291 female, adolescent family planning clinic clients. The 1st strategy was designed to enhance attitude-behavior correspondence by increasing direct experience with handling condoms. The 2nd, a contingency-planning exercise, induced clients to generate a mental representation of negotiating condom use with a sexual partner. Both strategies were compared with the standard education. The dependent measures were condom acceptance (operationalized by the number of condoms taken), attitudes, and knowledge. Clients in the contingency-planning condition accepted about 60% more condoms than did other clients. Condom attitudes followed the same pattern, and knowledge did not differ among conditions.
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Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania, Camp Hill.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011897:Random Allocation; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral