Longitudinal Effects of SafeTalk, a Motivational Interviewing-Based Program to Improve Safer Sex Practices among People Living with HIV/AIDS
Journal Article
Golin, Carol E.
Earp, Jo Anne L.
Grodensky, Catherine A.
Patel, Shilpa N.
Suchindran, Chirayath M.
Parikh, Megha
Kalichman, Seth
Patterson, Kristine
Swygard, Heidi
Quinlivan, E. Byrd
Amola, Kemi
Chariyeva, Zulfiya
Groves, Jennifer
2012
AIDS and Behavior
16
5
1182-91
10.1007/s10461-011-0025-9
PMC Journal - In Process
5124
Programs to help people living with HIV/AIDS practice safer sex are needed to prevent transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. We sought to assess the impact of SafeTalk, a multicomponent motivational interviewing-based safer sex program, on HIV-infected patients' risky sexual behavior. We enrolled sexually active adult HIV-infected patients from one of three clinical sites in North Carolina and randomized them to receive the 4-session SafeTalk intervention versus a hearthealthy attention-control. There was no significant difference in the proportion of people having unprotected sex between the two arms at enrollment. SafeTalk significantly reduced the number of unprotected sex acts with at-risk partners from baseline, while in controls the number of unprotected sex acts increased. Motivational interviewing can provide an effective, flexible prevention intervention for a heterogeneous group of people living with HIV.
Sexual Behavior, Contraceptive Use, and Reproductive Health
Population and Health Policies and Programs
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