Predicting Condom Use Outcomes via the Information Motivation Behavioral Skills Model: An Analysis of Young Black Men |
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Authors: | Jamal Jones Ashwini Tiwari Laura F Salazar Richard A Crosby |
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Institution: | 1. School of Public Health at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;2. College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
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Abstract: | Objectives: This study examines the relationships between information motivation behavioral skills model constructs and their associations with consistent condom use and condom use problems among young Black men. Methods: The authors use baseline data collected from 702 participants in a randomized controlled trial. Analyses involved path modeling and bootstrapped standard errors to estimate associations. Results: Motivation had the largest association with consistent condom use, whereas condom application skills had the largest association with condom use problems. Conclusion: Motivation is the most important predictor of consistent condom use, whereas condom application skills are the most important predictor of condom use problems. |
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Keywords: | STIs youth contraception information motivation behavioral skills model |
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