ArticleAIDS and behavior2013
Examining the applicability of the IMB model in predicting condom use among sexually active secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda.
Article in AIDS and behavior, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00906178 (CyberSenga), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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CyberSenga: Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Prevent HIV in Ugandan Youth
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Building young women's knowledge and skills in female condom use: lessons learned from a South African intervention.Health education research · 2016Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase HIV Preventive Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills in Ugandan Adolescents.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2015Trial
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- Application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Theory to Explore HIV Self-Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Southwest China.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Mobile Phone Technology for Preventing HIV and Related Youth Health Problems, Sexual Health, Mental Health, and Substance Use Problems in Southwest Uganda (Youth Health SMS): Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- The Effect of Family Planning Education on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Family Planning Methods Among Married Couples in Kersa and Goma Districts of Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model and Unprotected Sex: Assessing the Model's Utility and Predictability Among Bar Patrons in Tshwane, South Africa.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model of consistent condom use among transgender women in Shenyang, China.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Understanding condom use among unmarried female migrants: a psychological and personality factors modified information-motivation-behavioral skills model.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Predicting condom use in adolescents: a test of three socio-cognitive models using a structural equation modeling approach.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
The applicability of the IMB model in predicting condom use was tested among 390 sexually active secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda. Adolescents across five secondary schools completed a self-report survey about their health and sexual experiences. Based upon results from structural equation modeling, the IMB model partially predicts condom use. Condom use was directly predicted by HIV prevention information and behavioral skills regarding having and using condoms. It was indirectly predicted (through behavioral skills regarding having and using condoms) by behavioral intentions regarding using condoms and talking to one's partner about safer sex. Aspects of one's first sexual experience (i.e., age at first sex, having discussed using condoms with first sex partner, willingness at first sex) were strongly influential in predicting current condom use; this was especially true for discussing condoms with one's first sex partner. Findings highlight the importance of providing clear and comprehensive condom use training in HIV prevention programs aimed at Ugandan adolescents. They also underscore the importance of targeting abstinent youth before they become sexually active to positively affect their HIV preventive behavior at their first sexual experience.
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