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Testing the effectiveness of two psychosocial interventions - ACCENT and Didactic - to prevent HIV/AIDS behavioral risk factors in Mozambican women: a randomized controlled study.
Patrão, Ana Luísa; McIntyre, Teresa M; Costa, Eleonora C V; Matediane, Eduardo; Azevedo, Vanessa.
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  • Patrão AL; Center for Psychology at University of Porto (CPUP), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
  • McIntyre TM; Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador - BA, Brazil.
  • Costa ECV; Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing and Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
  • Matediane E; Department of Psychology, Portuguese Catholic University, Braga, Portugal.
  • Azevedo V; Department of Gynaecology, Central Hospital of Beira, Beira, Mozambique.
AIDS Care ; 36(1): 122-129, 2024 Jan.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37490699
In Mozambique, women are the most affected by HIV/AIDS and heterosexual encounters remain the main route for HIV/AIDS. Condom use is the most effective method of HIV/AIDS prevention, and the intention to use and buy/get condoms has a significant role in safe sex behavior. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of two psychosocial interventions - the Didactic and ACCENT Interventions - to prevent HIV/AIDS among Mozambican Women. Participants were Mozambican women (n = 150), users of the gynecology clinic of the Central Hospital of Beira. The study design was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with assignment to three groups: Didactic intervention, ACCENT intervention, and Control group. Measures were from an adaption of the Women's Health Questionnaire, which includes questions about sociodemographic, clinical, and behavioral variables related to HIV prevention/risk. There was a significant group effect on condom use and safer sex preparatory behaviors, F(2, 146) = 6.45, p = .002, with Bonferroni post-hoc tests showing differences between the ACCENT vs. Control groups and ACCENT vs. Didactic groups (all p = .022). There were no statistically significant time effects on both condom use and safer sex preparatory behaviors. Results are promising for HIV/AIDS prevention in Mozambican women at sexual risk, but replication is needed for generalizability of findings.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Infecciones por VIH / Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: AIDS Care Asunto de la revista: SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Portugal

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Infecciones por VIH / Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: AIDS Care Asunto de la revista: SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Portugal