Race-Based HIV Prevention Messages: Are They Helping or Hurting Our HIV Prevention Efforts?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya A. Corneille
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Prevention Messages

Re-focusing HIV Prevention Messages: A Qualitative Study in Rural Uganda

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. S8
Author(s):  
Sanyukta Mathur ◽  
Dina L. Romo ◽  
Mariko Rasmussen ◽  
Neema Nakyanjo ◽  
Fred Nalugoda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Prevention Messages

scholarly journals What do patients consulting in a free STI center know about HIV transmission and prevention?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Duteil ◽  
E de La Rochebrochard ◽  
P Piron ◽  
C Segouin ◽  
P Troude
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Needle Exchange ◽  
Treatment As Prevention ◽  
False Beliefs ◽  
Hiv Knowledge ◽  
Unprotected Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Exposure Prophylaxis

Abstract Background Despite therapeutic progress, HIV remains a public health issue with about 6400 new HIV contaminations each year in France. HIV prevention relies on health education, early screening, treatment as prevention, post and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Patients’ visits to free sexually transmitted infections (STIs) screening centers (CeGIDD) are opportunities to spread prevention messages. This study aimed to assess level of HIV knowledge in a Parisian CeGIDD to improve prevention messages. Methods The study included patients older than 18 who came for STIs testing between August 2017 and August 2018 and who understand written French language. Data were collected by a self-administered electronic questionnaire filled in before medical consultation. It included sociodemographic data and knowledge regarding HIV transmission and prevention. Results The study included 2002 patients. The median age was 27 years and 66% were men. More than 96% of patients know that HIV transmission is possible through unprotected sexual intercourse and through needle exchange. However, some misconceptions persist: 20% of patients believe that HIV transmission is possible from using public toilets and 22% by mosquito bite. Prevention measures perceived as “absolutely or rather efficient” by patients were: using condom (97%), requesting a screening test from his partners (91%), getting screening tests regularly (90%), choosing his partners correctly (62%), having sex with few different partners (50%). Half of patients heard of post-exposure prophylaxis (51%). Conclusions Main modes of HIV transmission are well known (unprotected intercourse and needle exchange). However, false beliefs regarding prevention may lead to risk behavior (doing screening test regularly doesn’t protect against HIV) and need to be explored. Moreover, assessment of variation in level of HIV knowledge according to patient’s profile may help to target prevention message according to specific populations. Key messages Main modes of HIV transmission are well known. False beliefs regarding modes of prevention need to be explored to target HIV prevention messages.

Behavioral Journalism for HIV Prevention: Community Newsletters Influence Risk-Related Attitudes and Behavior

2000 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred McAlister ◽  
Wayne Johnson ◽  
Carolyn Guenther-Grey ◽  
Martin Fishbein ◽  
Donna Higgins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Risk Reduction Behavior ◽  
Injection Equipment ◽  
Reduction Behavior ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Cognitive Determinants ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Research teams in five cities used behavioral journalism to promote condom use and injection hygiene (use of bleach to clean shared injection equipment) among subpopulations at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. For three years, HIV-prevention campaigns were conducted in which newsletters containing stories about peer models were distributed in selected communities. We report exposure to the campaigns across time, the cognitive and behavioral effects of increasing degrees of exposure, and the degree to which other sources of HIV information reached these communities. After one year, campaigns reached approximately 40 percent to 80 percent of the intended audiences. The reported number of campaign exposures was associated with theoretical cognitive determinants of behavior change and with risk-reduction behavior in communities that were not being effectively reached by other HIV prevention messages.

scholarly journals Long Term Effects of Community-Based STI Screening and Mass Media HIV Prevention Messages on Sexual Risk Behaviors of African American Adolescents

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1755-1763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Sznitman ◽  
Bonita F. Stanton ◽  
Peter A. Vanable ◽  
Michael P. Carey ◽  
Robert F. Valois ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prevention Messages

scholarly journals HIV Prevention Among Mexican Migrants at Different Migration Phases: Exposure to Prevention Messages and Association With Testing Behaviors

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana P. Martinez-Donate ◽  
M. Gudelia Rangel ◽  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Norma-Jean Simon ◽  
Natalie Rhoads ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Mexican Migrants ◽  
Prevention Messages

scholarly journals “The Skill Is Using Your Big Head Over Your Little Head”

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 31S-42S ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Bowleg ◽  
Meaghan Mingo ◽  
Jenné S. Massie
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Hiv Aids

Although the disproportionate toll of HIV/AIDS among Black heterosexuals, particularly in low-income U.S. urban areas is well documented, Black heterosexual men are rarely the explicit focus of HIV prevention messages, research, and interventions. We conducted 4 focus groups with 28 Black men, aged 19 to 51 years, who were enrolled in the workforce and fatherhood development program of a local community-based organization to examine (a) the priority and role of HIV/AIDS in their lives and (b) their HIV prevention needs. Although none articulated HIV as a top life priority, respondents nonetheless prioritized educating their children about HIV prevention and protecting their main partners from HIV if they had other sexual partners. Analyses demonstrated that participants said they wanted and needed: to learn how to talk to partners about HIV testing and use condoms when tempted not to do so, and more discussion-oriented educational opportunities to learn and exchange prevention strategies.

scholarly journals Tailoring STD/HIV prevention messages for young adolescents

1996 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. S97-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
B O Boekeloo ◽  
L A Schamus ◽  
S J Simmens ◽  
T L Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Prevention Messages
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