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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A randomized controlled pilot study of an HIV risk-reduction intervention for sub-Saharan African University Students
AIDS and Behavior, Volume 17, No. 3, Year 2013
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Description
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. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Anita Heeren, G.
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Jemmott, John Barton
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
United States, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications
Ngwane, Zolani Philemon
United States, Haverford
Haverford College
Mandeya, Andrew
South Africa, Alice
University of Fort Hare
Tyler, Joanne Ann
South Africa, Alice
University of Fort Hare
Statistics
Citations: 38
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10461-011-0129-2
ISSN:
10907165
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Quantitative
Study Locations
South Africa