title: Effects of a one-hour intervention on condom implementation intentions among drug users in Southern California.
abstract: Approximately 36% of HIV cases are related to substance abuse. Substance abusers, including non-injection drug users, are at a high-risk for contracting HIV due to risky behaviors, including unprotected sex. Due to these behavioral and infection risks, feasible interventions that focus on condom use within this population are imperative. The current study involved the development of brief intervention designed to increase implementation intentions (situation-linked action plans) to use condoms in convicted non-violent drug offenders participating in drug diversion programs in Southern California. Participants (n = 143) were randomized at the individual level to either waitlist control or experimental conditions. The randomized waitlist control group received the HIV survey for the pre-test before the intervention, while the experimental group received a neutral, non-HIV-related, survey at pre-test. The experimental group received the HIV survey as the post-test after the intervention (waitlist control group received the neutral, non-HIV-related, survey). One-tailed Mann Whitney U tests were used to compare the waitlist control and experimental groups. The experimental group was more likely to report stronger implementation intentions to use condoms (p <0.001). These results indicate in the short term that a brief, easily disseminated HIV intervention can be effective for increasing implementation intentions to use condoms in an extremely high HIV-risk population.
authors: a School of Community and Global Health , Claremont Graduate University , Claremont , CA , USA.
authors: Liesl A
authors: LA
authors: Nydegger
authors: Amanda R
authors: AR
authors: Keeler
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Hood
authors: Jason T
authors: JT
authors: Siegel
authors: Alan W
authors: AW
authors: Stacy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D055815:Young Adult
references: AIDS Behav. 2013 Mar;17(3):914-25
references: 22331391
references: Psychol Health. 2010 Mar;25(3):351-64
references: 20204939
references: AIDS. 2007 Jan 11;21(2):231-5
references: 17197815
references: Addiction. 1993 Sep;88(9):1257-65
references: 8241925
references: Br J Health Psychol. 2002 May;7(Pt 2):163-84
references: 14596707
references: Br J Health Psychol. 2008 Nov;13(Pt 4):719-35
references: 18854062
references: Scand J Psychol. 2003 Apr;44(2):87-95
references: 12778976