Trial reportAIDS and behavior2013
A randomized controlled pilot study of an HIV risk-reduction intervention for sub-Saharan African university students.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- What is the added value of incorporating pleasure in sexual health interventions? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of School Based Interventions on Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioral interventions for improving dual-method contraceptive use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Sexual risk reduction interventions for HIV prevention among South African youth: a meta-analytic review.Current HIV research · 2013Pooled it
- Condom use increased after a peer group intervention implemented by community volunteers in Malawi.BMC public health · 2024Trial
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- Mediation of effects of a theory-based behavioral intervention on self-reported physical activity in South African men.Preventive medicine · 2015Trial
- 'Let Us Protect Our Future' a culturally congruent evidenced-based HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention for young South African adolescents.Health education research · 2014Trial
- Health-Promotion Intervention Increases Self-Reported Physical Activity in Sub-Saharan African University Students: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Trial
- Condom use increased after a peer group intervention implemented by community volunteers in Malawi.Research square · 2023Article
- How Alcohol Influences Mechanisms of Sexual Risk Behavior Change: Contributions of Alcohol Challenge Research to the Development of HIV Prevention Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2021Review
- Intersectionality of cultural norms and sexual behaviours: a qualitative study of young Black male students at a university in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Reproductive health · 2020Article
- Brief Motivational Interviewing Delivered by Clinician or Computer to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescents: Acceptability Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Effects of a computerized psychological inoculation intervention on condom use tendencies in sub Saharan and Caucasian students: two feasibility trials.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- Qualitative evaluation of selected social factors that impact sexual risk-taking behaviour among African students in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance · 2016Article
- Contextualized theory-based predictors of intention to practice monogamy among adolescents in Botswana junior secondary schools: Results of focus group sessions and a cross-sectional study.Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment · 2016Article
- Caregivers' intentions to disclose HIV diagnosis to children living with HIV in South Africa: a theory-based approach.AIDS and behavior · 2014Article
- Multiple partners and condom use among students at a South African University.Journal of evidence-based social work · 2014Article
- Sexual behavioral abstine HIV/AIDS questionnaire: Validation study of an Iranian questionnaire.Journal of education and health promotion · 2014Article
- Sexual attitudes and behaviour of university students at a rural South African University: Results of a Pilot Survey.Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment · 2012Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This pilot study used a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of an HIV risk-reduction intervention for university students in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Randomly selected second-year students were randomized to one of two interventions based on social cognitive theory and qualitative research: HIV risk-reduction, targeting sexual-risk behaviors; health-promotion control, targeting health behaviors unrelated to sexual risks. Participants completed behavioral assessments via audio computer-assisted self-interviewing pre-intervention, 6, and 12 months post intervention, with 97.2% retained at 12-month follow-up. Averaged over the 2 follow-ups, HIV risk-reduction intervention participants reported less unprotected vaginal intercourse and more frequent condom use than control participants, with greater efficacy in non-South Africans than South Africans. Positive changes were also observed on theoretical mediators of condom use that the intervention targeted. Interventions based on social cognitive theory integrated with qualitative information from the population may reduce sexual risk behaviors among university students in sub-Saharan Africa.
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