title: An individually tailored intervention for HIV prevention: baseline data from the EXPLORE Study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA. chesneym@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chesney
authors.forename: Beryl A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Koblin
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Barresi
authors.forename: Marla J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Husnik
authors.forename: Connie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Celum
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colfax
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKirnan
authors.forename: Franklyn N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.forename: Yijian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: 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