title: Preliminary efficacy of a computer-based HIV intervention for African-American women.
abstract: This study evaluated the preliminary efficacy of a computer-based HIV intervention to enhance HIV-protective sexual behaviours, based on a randomised controlled trial among 135 African-American women, 21-29 years of age, seeking services at Planned Parenthood in Atlanta, GA. Participants were randomised either to a control session two, 60-minute computer-based HIV intervention sessions administered on a laptop computer that each concluded with a 15-minute small group session or to a control session of general health information including discussion on HIV prevention. Relative to controls, participants in the computer-based HIV intervention were more knowledgeable about HIV/STD prevention and reported higher scores on the measure of condom use self-efficacy at 3 months post-intervention; they also reported a higher percentage of condom-protected sex and were more likely to use condoms consistently for vaginal sex (odds ratio, OR = 5.9; p < 0.039) and were more likely to use condoms consistently for oral sex (OR = 13.83; p < 0.037). This relatively brief intervention provides preliminary support that an evidence-based group-based HIV prevention intervention for young African-American women can be adapted to a computer-based HIV intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. gwingoo@emory.edu
authors.forename: Gina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wingood
authors.forename: Josephina J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Card
authors.forename: Deja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Er
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Nikia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Braxton
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Puja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seth
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cartreine
authors.forename: Ralph J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Diclemente
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000517:prevention & control; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult