Trial reportSocial science & medicine (1982)2011
Effectiveness of a video-based motivational skills-building HIV risk-reduction intervention for female military personnel.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gender-responsive and -transformative interventions in HIV, TB and malaria programmes: a review of evidence.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Alcohol Consumption, Risky Sexual Behaviors, and HIV in Nigeria: A Meta-Analytic Review.Current drug research reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce risky sexual behaviour for preventing HIV infection in workers in occupational settings.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- The Effect of a Brief Video-Based Intervention to Improve AIDS Prevention in Older Men: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Trial
- Measurement of Human Flourishing Constructs in Evaluation of Voluntary Family Planning Interventions: A Modified Scoping Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Evidence and gap map report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- A Skills-Based HIV Serostatus Disclosure Intervention for Sexual Minority Men in South Africa: Protocol for Intervention Adaptation and a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
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- A Rapid Review of eHealth Interventions Addressing the Continuum of HIV Care (2007-2017).AIDS and behavior · 2018Review
- Modeling covariates of self-perceived and epidemiologic notions of risk for acquiring STIs/HIV among military personnel: a comparative analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2013Article
- Cross-sectional assessment of prevalence and correlates of blood-borne and sexually-transmitted infections among Afghan National Army recruits.BMC infectious diseases · 2012Article
- Condom use by partner type among military and police personnel in Peru.American journal of men's health · 2012Article
- Educating youths to make safer choices: results of a program evaluation study.Global journal of health science · 2012Article
- Knowing a sexual partner is HIV-1-uninfected is associated with higher condom use among HIV-1-infected adults in Kenya.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2011Article
- Introducing video content intoScars, burns & healingArticle
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6 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in several African armed forces are high, with gender inequality rendering female military personnel more vulnerable to the disease. The objective of this study was to replicate a successful videotape-based HIV prevention intervention among Nigerian female military personnel in an effort to establish the cross-cultural stability, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of this approach in resource-limited countries. Enlisted women (N346) were recruited from two cantonments in Southwestern Nigeria and randomly assigned to either (a) a 5-session video-based, small group, cognitive-behavioral, HIV prevention intervention, or (b) a 5-session, video-based, contact-matched, HIV education control condition. Participants provided self-report of their HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviors at baseline, 3 and 6 months after completing the intervention. The results indicate that the motivational skills-building intervention did not improve participants' knowledge of HIV/AIDS any better than did the HIV education control condition at each assessment period, but it significantly increased condom use among women in this group by 53.6% at 3-month follow-up. HIV preventive behaviors among women in the motivational skills-building intervention group improved significantly, being 2 and 3 times more, compared to women in the HIV education control group at 3-month and 6-month follow-up assessments. The intervention also significantly improved behavioral intentions of participants as well as reduced alcohol use before sex by 25%, after 3 months; and number of sexual partners by 12% after 6 months. Women in the intervention group were five times more likely than women in HIV education control group to suggest that their new male partners use condom. These findings indicate that a videotape-based, HIV prevention intervention is a feasible and effective approach to HIV prevention among female military personnel from sub-Saharan Africa.
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