Different implicit condom associations predict safe sex behavior in different contexts

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Portnoy ◽  
Natalie D. Smoak ◽  
Demis E. Glasford ◽  
Kerry L. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Safe Sex ◽  
Sex Behavior

scholarly journals The Influence of Conversational Content on College Students’ Safe Sex Intentions: A Mixed Method Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Lennie Donné ◽  
Carel Jansen ◽  
John Hoeks
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Health Campaign ◽  
Behavioral Determinants ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conversation Partner

Even though health campaign designers are advised to specifically focus on triggering conversations between people about health issues, there is still a lot unknown about what aspects of a conversation may contribute to safe sex behavior and intentions. Empirical research in this field so far has mainly focused on conversational occurrence rather than conversational content, and where content is taken into account, this mostly concerns self-reports. In this mixed method study, we looked into the quantitative effects of real-life conversations about safe sex, triggered by a safe sex message, on college students’ intentions related to safe sex. We then used a qualitative analysis to try and identify content-related aspects that may be related to the quantitative effects. Two weeks after filling in a questionnaire on their safe sex-related intentions, participants (N = 24) were instructed to watch and talk about a safe sex video with a conversation partner of choice, followed by filling in a questionnaire. The conversational data were analyzed qualitatively. The results suggest that the conversations increased safe sex-related intentions compared to pretest scores, and that content-related aspects such as conversational valence, type of communication behavior and behavioral determinants were related to these effects. Thus, our findings provide enhanced insight into the social norms and behavioral patterns related to safe sex, and indicate that it is important to look at conversational content in detail rather than to focus on mere conversational occurrence or quantitative effects.

‘I don’t want to be that guy walking in the feminine product aisle’: a Photovoice exploration of college men’s perceptions of safer sex responsibility

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean M. Breny ◽  
Deirdre C. Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Safer Sex ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
The United States ◽  
Deficiency Syndrome ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Future Health

Incidence and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to increase among young heterosexual men and women in the United States. Although research studies examine the reasons why these young people are not engaging in safe sex behavior, many have not explored factors beyond individual behaviors. Much of the current research focuses on young women, for the most part leaving men out of the equation. In this study, a Photovoice methodology was used to examine social norms, media messaging and perceptions of responsibility surrounding safe sex practices, specifically condom use, among male heterosexual undergraduate students. Results showed that college-aged men are still prioritizing pregnancy prevention over disease prevention, which leads to assumptions that their female partners are on birth control and they do not need to use condoms. Participants pointed to media messages and condom placement that supports women’s responsibility for safer sex and condom negotiation. Future health promotion research and practice should focus on including men in the design and implementation process to address social norms and increase their sense of responsibility.

Peer-Led or Expert-Led Intervention in HIV Prevention Efficacy? A Randomized Control Trial Among Spanish Young People to Evaluate Their Role

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-286
Author(s):  
Cristina Giménez-García ◽  
Rafael Ballester-Arnal ◽  
María Dolores Gil-Llario ◽  
Pedro Salmerón-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Behavioral Interventions ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Anal Sex ◽  
The World ◽  
Vaginal Sex ◽  
Randomized Control

HIV new infections still affect young people around the world. In this context, behavioral interventions seem to be effective in promoting safe sex although some conditions are still inconclusive in different regions. For example, there is insufficient evidence about who may be the best facilitator. For this reason, this study evaluates the effectiveness of peer and expert facilitators for HIV prevention aimed at Spanish young people. For this purpose 225 Spanish college students, aged between 18 and 25 (74.20% women and 25.80% men), were involved in an experimental design to evaluate the facilitators’ effect in a brief intervention for HIV prevention. Participants’ results were measured by three HIV preventive variables (knowledge, beliefs, and protective sex behavior in vaginal sex, anal sex, and sex after drugs consumption). Our findings reveal that both facilitators, experts and peers, have improved the HIV-associated factors and safe sex behaviors. Therefore, facilitators’ status would not be so relevant for effectiveness in HIV prevention aimed at Spanish young people. To facilitate decision making in HIV prevention, we should study in depth what other variables make more effective facilitators.

Barriers to safe-sex behavior change in Zambia: Perspectives from HIV/AIDS psychosocial counselors

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 274-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherinah K. Saasa ◽  
Y. Joon Choi ◽  
Larry Nackerud
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Hiv Aids

LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO BE CAREFUL: The Relationship Between Reading Romance Novels and Safe Sex Behavior

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda B. Diekman ◽  
Wendi L. Gardner ◽  
Mary McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Condom Use ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Sexual Scripts ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Romance Novels ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Future ◽  
Intent To Use ◽  
Sexual Health Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

According to the sexual script portrayed in romance novels, true love is demonstrated by being “swept away” in passion. To the extent that this traditional romance script influences romance readers' own sexual scripts, readers may express greater reluctance to engage in precautionary sexual health behaviors, such as using condoms. We explored the relationship between women's reading of romance novels and their attitudes toward condom use, reports of past condom use, and intention to use condoms in the future. A systematic content analysis of modern romance novels documented the extremely low incidence of portrayals of condom use in initial sexual encounters. Study 1 demonstrated that high levels of romance reading were associated with negative attitudes toward condoms and reduced intent to use condoms in the future; Study 2 showed experimentally that including safe sex elements in romance stories increased positive attitudes toward condoms and marginally increased intent to use condoms in the future.

The Repeatability of a Single-Session Group to Promote Safe Sex Behavior in a Male At-Risk Population

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
John V. Flowers ◽  
Timothy E. Miller ◽  
Nick Smith ◽  
Curtis D. Booraem
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Single Session ◽  
Risk Population

Measurement of Safe Sex Behavior In Adolescents and Young Adults

1992 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 203???209 ◽  
Author(s):  
COLLEEN DORIO ◽  
MARGARET PARSONS ◽  
SALLY LEHR ◽  
DANIEL ADAME ◽  
JOYCE CARLONE
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Safe Sex ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Sex Behavior
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