Comparison of Two Psycho-Educational Interventions Aimed at Preventing HIV and Promoting Sexual Health Among Portuguese Women |
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| Authors: | Eleonora C V Costa Teresa McIntyre Ana Trovisqueira Stevan E Hobfoll |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Portuguese Catholic University, Braga, Portugal;2. Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics and Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA;3. Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Centre, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study compares the efficacy of 2 psychoeducational interventions—ACCENT skills-based and didactic information only—to prevent HIV among Portuguese women. At posttest and follow-up, participants in both intervention groups (n = 127) were more knowledgeable about HIV than at baseline. Although both intervention groups showed an increase in self-reported condom use over time, differences were marginally stronger in the ACCENT group. Both intervention groups showed more positive results than the non-intervention control group (n = 33). The study suggests that HIV prevention interventions can produce significant changes when they target a set of knowledge, social, and cognitive variables relevant to sexual behavior change. |
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| Keywords: | HIV prevention health promotion sexual risk behavior change women |
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