Trial reportAIDS and behavior2022
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Motivational Interviewing with Sexual Minority Male Couples to Reduce Drug Use and Sexual Risk: The Couples Health Project.
Trial report in AIDS and behavior, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03386110 (Couples Health Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Couples Health Project: Couples-based Intervention to Reduce Drug Use and HIV Transmission Risk
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Technologies for healthy lifestyle in people with HIV: a systematic review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Pooled it
- Trial experiences with dyadic breathalyzer technology for alcohol monitoring and feedback among couples living with HIV in South Africa.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial of a Couples-Based HIV Intervention for Transgender Women and Their Partners: Findings from the "It Takes Two" Project.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Pilot Results of Masibambisane: Couples Motivational Interviewing with Mobile Breathalyzers to Address Unhealthy Drinking and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Optimizing Individual HIV Testing and Counseling for Emerging Adult Sexual Minority Men (Aged 18 to 24) in Relationships: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Adjunct Communication Components.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
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- A full-factorial randomized controlled trial of adjunct couples HIV testing and counseling components addressing drug use and communication skills among sexual minority male couples.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Interdependence and Sexual Health: Relationship factors associated with sexual behavior among sexual minority males in non-monogamous relationships who use drugs.Journal of sex research · 2026Article
- Relationship Status and Quality Associations with HIV Care Cascade Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV in the US: Indications of a Dyadic Coping Paradox.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Discrimination, relationship quality, and the mental health of sexual minority men in relationships: A test of the psychological mediation hypothesis.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2026Article
- Romantic Relationship Quality, Depression, and Problematic Drinking: A Comparison of Single and Partnered Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Substance use agreements: An exploratory study of dyadic coping processes related to substance use among male couples in the US.Couple & family psychology · 2025Article
- Dyadic Interventions for LGBTQ+ Individuals Facing Cancer: A Narrative Review.Current treatment options in oncology · 2025Review
- A Narrative Study of Sexual Agreements and HIV Prevention Strategies Among Emerging Adult Sexual Minority Men.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Article
- Policy, Relationships, and Well-Being: Associations Between Mental Health and Main Partner Relationships Among Cisgender Sexual Minority Men in the Context of U.S. State-Level Policies.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Couples Have a Way of Speaking: Examining the Characteristics and Stability of Communication Style in HIV Testing Sessions With Male Couples.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2025Article
- A protocol for a randomized controlled trial of couples motivational interviewing to reduce drug use and HIV transmission risk among male couples in the US: the Couples Health Project.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Clients' perceptions of motivational interviewing with couples: A qualitative examination of male couples' statements to counselors in session.Counselling and psychotherapy research · 2024Article
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- The Best Predictor of Future Behavior May Be the Past: Exploring Behavior Change in Men Who Have Sex with Men Using Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the Netherlands.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
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Abstract
A randomized controlled trial evaluated the preliminary efficacy of a dyadically-delivered motivational interviewing (MI) intervention to reduce drug use and sexual risk in a sample of 50 sexual minority (cis)male (SMM) couples. In each couple, at least one partner was aged 18-29; reported drug use and sexual HIV transmission risk; and was HIV-negative. Couples were randomized to either the three-session MI intervention or an attention-matched control, with follow-up surveys completed at 3- and 6-months post-baseline. Between-group differences for all outcomes were non-significant in the overall sample. Subsequent moderation analyses indicated the intervention significantly reduced illicit drug use (excluding marijuana) at 3-month follow-up when either respondents (B = - 1.96; interval rate ratio-IRR 0.02-1.22; p = .001), their partners (B = - 2.60; IRR 0.01-0.64; p = .004), or both (B = - 2.38; IRR 0.01-0.80; p = .001) reported high levels of baseline use. The intervention also reduced condomless anal sex (CAS) with casual partners when both partners reported high frequency baseline CAS (B = - 2.54; IRR 0.01-0.83; p = .047). Findings provide initial evidence of the potential for MI to address drug use and sexual risk-taking among SMM couples at highest risk.Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH U.S. National Library of Medicine) Identifier: #NCT03386110.
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