Preliminary findings of an adapted evidence-based woman-focused HIV intervention on condom use and negotiation among at-risk women in Pretoria, South Africa.
This article presents the results of a randomized trial in South Africa of an adapted evidence-based Woman-Focused intervention on condom use with primary sex partners. The preliminary findings show that regardless of HIV status, condom negotiation was significantly associated with condom use at the 3- and 6-month follow-ups. By intervention group, significant intervention effects were found at 6-month follow-up for HIV-positive and HIV-unknown status women in the Woman-Focused intervention who were more likely than women in the Standard intervention to report condom use with a primary male partner. Among HIV-positive women, those in the Woman-Focused group and those with greater sexual control were more likely to report condom use at the 6-month follow-up. The findings indicate that gender-based interventions for women may result in increased condom negotiation skills.
Wechsberg
Wendee M
WM
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194, USA. wmw@rti.org
Luseno
Winnie K
WK
Kline
Tracy L
TL
Browne
Felicia A
FA
Zule
William A
WA
D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017008:Negotiating; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
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