An individually tailored intervention for HIV prevention: baseline data from the EXPLORE Study.
OBJECTIVE
We describe the intervention tested in EXPLORE, an HIV prevention trial aimed at men who have sex with men (MSM), and test the empirical basis of the individually tailored intervention.


METHODS
Data on participants' self-efficacy, communication skills, social norms, and enjoyment of unprotected anal intercourse were examined in relation to sexual risk. Combinations of these factors, together with alcohol use and noninjection drug use, were also examined.


RESULTS
The individual factors examined were associated with sexual risk behavior. The cohort was shown to be heterogeneous in regard to the presence of combinations of these risk-related factors.


CONCLUSIONS
Baseline data from the EXPLORE study support the efficacy of the individually tailored intervention used.
Chesney
Margaret A
MA
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA. chesneym@mail.nih.gov
Koblin
Beryl A
BA
Barresi
Patrick J
PJ
Husnik
Marla J
MJ
Celum
Connie L
CL
Colfax
Grant
G
Mayer
Kenneth
K
McKirnan
David
D
Judson
Franklyn N
FN
Huang
Yijian
Y
Coates
Thomas J
TJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D035841:Behavioral Research; D002947:Cities; D003075:Coitus; D003142:Communication; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health