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Valdiserri, R.O., Lyter, D.W., Leviton, L.C., Callahan, C.M., et al. (1989).
AIDS, 3 (1), 21 - 26
Description of Intervention: Small Group Lecture Plus Skills Training
The intervention consisted of a lecture and a skills training session delivered in a 2-session small group format in a community-based organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 60- to 90-minute lecture component, led by a gay health educator, reviewed HIV transmission and the clinical outcomes of HIV infection, the risks of specific sexual practices, the importance of risk reduction through safer-sex practices, correct condom use, and interpretation of HIV antibody tests.
The 140-minute skills-training session was led by a psychotherapist from a community organization that provides counseling services to sexual minorities. The skills-training session included role-playing, psychodrama, and group process to promote the social acceptability of safer sex; strategies to reduce sexual risk behavior; and group discussion on sexuality and relationships among gay men.
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Intervention Goal(s): To determine the effects of an educational intervention program that included skills training in addition to a small group lecture on sexual risk and protective behaviors.
Intervention Setting: The office of a community-based organization.
Population: Of the 584 gay and bisexual men who participated in the study, 2% were African American, less than 1% were Hispanic, less than 1% were Asian, and 95% were white. The average age was 33 years, ranging from 19 to 73 years, and 33% of the participants had a college degree.
Comparison Condition: Small group lecture.
Behavioral Findings: Men who participated in the small group lecture plus skills training educational intervention showed a significant increase in condom use for insertive anal intercourse compared to those in the comparison condition.
Contact:
Ronald O. Valdiserri, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Mail Stop E 07
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 404 639 8002
Fax: 404 639 8600
E-mail: ROV1@cdc.gov
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This study meets CDC's HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis project criteria for relevance and methodological rigor and also has the positive and significant behavioral/health findings required for the Compendium. Date added 1/99
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