Longitudinal Effects of SafeTalk, a Motivational Interviewing-Based Program to Improve Safer Sex Practices among People Living with HIV/AIDS

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Golin, Carol Elaine; Earp, Jo Anne L.; Grodensky, Catherine A.; Patel, Shilpa N.; Suchindran, Chirayath M.; Parikh, Megha A.; Kalichman, Seth C.; Patterson, Kristine; Swygard, Heidi; & Quinlivan, E. Byrd, et al. (2012). Longitudinal Effects of SafeTalk, a Motivational Interviewing-Based Program to Improve Safer Sex Practices among People Living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior, 16(5), 1182-1191. PMCID: PMC3670095

Abstract

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0025-9

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Journal Article

Year Published

2012

Journal Title

AIDS and Behavior

Author(s)

Golin, Carol Elaine
Earp, Jo Anne L.
Grodensky, Catherine A.
Patel, Shilpa N.
Suchindran, Chirayath M.
Parikh, Megha A.
Kalichman, Seth C.
Patterson, Kristine
Swygard, Heidi
Quinlivan, E. Byrd
Amola, Kemi S.
Chariyeva, Zulfiya
Groves, Jennifer

PMCID

PMC3670095

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Suchindran - 0000-0002-5087-7762