title: What Works Well in HIV Prevention Among Spanish Young People? An Analysis of Differential Effectiveness Among Six Intervention Techniques.
abstract: The AIDS epidemic remains a concern of public health among young people and adolescents. Prevention programs have revealed diverse deficiencies to attain their main goal: preventing risky behaviors. This experimental study evaluates the differential effectiveness of six intervention techniques for preventing HIV/AIDS based on informational-motivational-behavioral Model (talk, website, attitudinal discussion, participation of a seropositive person, fear induction and role play). 239 Spanish young people took part in an experimental design to evaluate six intervention techniques and a non-intervention condition, through changes in their knowledge, attitudes and protective sex behavior. Our findings support a general effectiveness of preventive intervention techniques comparing non-intervention. In particular, the motivational techniques reveal more effectiveness for these Spanish young people. Therefore, it is required identifying a differential impact of the intervention techniques when implementing HIV behavioral interventions.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I, Avda. Vicent Sos Baynat s/n, 12071, Castellón de la Plana, Spain, rballest@uji.es.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ballester-Arnal
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gil-Llario
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giménez-García
authors.forename: Setch C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kalichman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D062405:Motivational Interviewing; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult