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Contemp Clin Trials Commun ; 24: 100850, 2021 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34622087

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Heterosexual couples contribute to most new HIV infections in areas of generalized HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. After Couples' Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing (CVCT), heterosexual concordant HIV negative couples (CNC) in cohabiting unions contribute to approximately 47% of residual new infections in couples. These infections are attributed to concurrent sexual partners, a key driver of the HIV epidemic in Zambia. METHODS/DESIGN: Ten Zambian government clinics in two of the largest cities were randomized in matched pairs to a Strengthening Our Vows (SOV) intervention or a Good Health Package (GHP) comparison arm. SOV addressed preventing HIV infection from concurrent partners and protecting spouses after exposures outside the relationship. GHP focused on handwashing; water chlorination; household deworming; and screening for hypertension, diabetes and schistosomiasis. CNC were referred from CVCT services in government clinics. Follow-up includes post-intervention questionnaires and outcome assessments through 60 months. Longitudinal outcomes of interest include self-report and laboratory markers of condomless sex with outside partners and reported sexual agreements. We present baseline characteristics and factors associated with study arm and reported risk using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The mean age of men was 32 and 26 for women. On average, couples cohabited for 6 years and had 2 children. Baseline analyses demonstrated some failures of randomization by study arm which will be considered in future primary analyses of longitudinal data. An HIV/STI risk factor composite was not different in the two study arms. Almost one-quarter of couples had an HIV risk factor at baseline. DISCUSSION: In preparation for future biomedical and behavioral interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, it is critical to understand and decrease HIV risk within CNC.

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AIDS Educ Prev ; 19(3): 209-17, 2007 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17563275

RESUMO

HIV stigma militates against prevention and care efforts and is a significant problem in sub-Saharan Africa. During 2001-2003, after collaboration with CDC scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the television drama The Bold and the Beautiful aired an HIV-related story line. The story line involved a man who tested positive for HIV, was accepted by his HIV-negative fiancée, and with her, adopted an AIDS orphan in Africa. We wished to test the hypothesis that viewers of this story line would report significantly lower AIDS-related stigma than nonviewers. We surveyed a sample of residents of Botswana shortly after the story line aired there. We assessed the association between viewership of the soap opera and HIV stigma. Compared with nonviewers of the show, viewers indicated significantly lower levels of HIV stigma, when other related factors were controlled statistically. These results are suggestive that stigma was reduced after watching a television drama in which HIV infection was treated in a nonstigmatizing, humane manner.


Assuntos
Atitude Frente a Saúde , Drama , Infecções por HIV/psicologia , Infecções por HIV/transmissão , Literatura Moderna , Preconceito , Televisão , Adolescente , Adulto , Botsuana , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Países em Desenvolvimento , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Marketing de Serviços de Saúde , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estados Unidos
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Health Promot Pract ; 8(4): 384-93, 2007 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17804825

RESUMO

Entertainment-education (EE) is a popular vehicle for behavior change communication (BCC) in many areas of public health, especially in the developing world where soap operas and other serial drama formats play a central role in encouraging people to avoid risky behavior. Yet BCC/EE developers have been largely unable to integrate behavioral theory and research systematically into storylines and scripts, depending instead on external, technical oversight of what should be an essentially local, creative process. This article describes how the Modeling and Reinforcement to Combat HIV/AIDS project at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a set of tools through which creative writers can exercise greater control over the behavioral content of their stories. The Pathways to Change tools both guide scriptwriters as they write BCC/EE storylines and help project managers monitor BCC/EE products for theoretical fidelity and sensitivity to research.


Assuntos
Ciências do Comportamento/métodos , Comunicação , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Educação em Saúde/métodos , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S./organização & administração , Drama , Feminino , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Masculino , Fatores Sexuais , Estados Unidos
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Health Educ Behav ; 36(5): 878-94, 2009 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18784350

RESUMO

This study examines an intervention for heterosexual couples to prevent human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted infections. It also evaluates the effect of the intervention, which is based on current models of health behavior change, on intermediate outcomes (individual and relationship factors) and consistency of condom use. Eligible couples were administered a baseline interview and randomized to either a 3-session theory-based intervention or a 1-session standard of care comparison condition. Men and women completed 3-month interviews; only women completed 6-month interviews. No significant intervention effect on condom use was found among couples at 3 months (n = 212) or among women (n = 178) at 6 months. However, condom use increased significantly between baseline and 3 months and baseline and 6 months for participants in both treatment conditions. Intervention effects on condom use self-efficacy were found at 3 months and 6 months and on health-protective communication at 3 months. These findings provide valuable information for the design of future studies to help disentangle the effects of intervening with couples.


Assuntos
Preservativos/estatística & dados numéricos , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/prevenção & controle , Adolescente , Adulto , Características da Família , Feminino , Heterossexualidade/psicologia , Heterossexualidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Masculino , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto/métodos , Parceiros Sexuais , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto Jovem
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AIDS Educ Prev ; 20(6): 486-503, 2008 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19072525

RESUMO

Makgabaneng is an entertainment-education radio serial drama written and produced in Botswana to promote prevention of HIV. This effort is part of the national response to HIV/AIDS. Broadcast of the serial drama began in August 2001, and two new 15-minute episodes air each week. We examined associations between exposure to Makgabaneng and outcomes related to HIV testing, including stigmatizing attitudes, intention to be tested, talking with a partner about testing, and testing for HIV, among 555 sexually active respondents. The four measures of exposure to Makgabaneng were frequency of listening, duration of listening, talking about the program, and attentiveness to and identification with relevant characters. Data were collected approximately 18 months after the drama began airing. We found positive associations between exposure to the program and intermediate outcomes, including lower level of stigmatizing attitudes, stronger intention to have HIV testing, and talking to a partner about testing. Although associations were identified with all four measures of exposure, increased duration of listening was associated with more positive outcomes than the other measures. This finding suggests that longer term exposure to entertainment-education programming may be important for behavior change.


Assuntos
Drama , Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle , Promoção da Saúde/métodos , Rádio , Adolescente , Adulto , Botsuana/epidemiologia , Feminino , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Preconceito , Prevalência
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Int Q Community Health Educ ; 28(3): 181-200, 2007.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19095586

RESUMO

Entertainment-education programs promote health and development goals throughout the world. This study looks specifically at a radio serial drama designed to provide behavioral role models for HIV prevention and reproductive health in Botswana as part of the behavior-change strategy, Modeling and Reinforcement to Combat HIV/AIDS (MARCH). The purpose of this qualitative study is to elucidate regular listeners' involvement and identification with three different types of fictional characters in the drama. Regular listeners were interviewed using a semi-structured guide; 31 interviews were analyzed to assess respondents' reactions to three female characters. The findings suggest that characters designed to be "negative," "positive," and "transitional" (i.e., moving from negative to positive) role models were generally perceived as such and that the type of behavior modeled influenced whether a character was perceived to be transitional or positive. Audience members discussed the implications of specific behaviors by contrasting the different character types. Although characters modeled behaviors within distinct but interrelated storylines, the respondents spontaneously compared characters' ways of confronting similar dilemmas across storylines, suggesting that listeners perceived the drama as a unified whole rather than as a series of parallel stories. The use of more than one transitional character for each behavioral objective might be beneficial for improving audience identification with agents of behavior change by providing several models to which the audience can relate.


Assuntos
Drama , Infecções por HIV , Promoção da Saúde , Relações Interpessoais , Rádio , Adolescente , Adulto , Botsuana , Coleta de Dados , Feminino , Educação em Saúde , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Modelos Psicológicos , Preconceito , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Adulto Jovem
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Health Educ Res ; 21(5): 611-20, 2006 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16766606

RESUMO

Intervening with both members of a couple has been recommended as an important strategy for human immunodeficiency virus prevention. Analyses of focus groups and in-depth interviews with project personnel involved in recruitment and retention for the Partners Against Risk-Taking: A Networking and Evaluation Research Study project identified, at the termination of the project, barriers and facilitators to recruiting couples. Barriers included logistical problems of coordinating two people's schedules, sensitivity of the topic and challenges related to recruitment efforts focused on one partner only. Strategies to overcome such barriers were to increase availability of project personnel and recruit both partners simultaneously, with recruitment teams consisting of men and women. Challenges related to recruiting and retaining couples remain significant and should be considered before undertaking couples interventions.


Assuntos
Características da Família , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle , Educação em Saúde/métodos , Seleção de Pacientes , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pacientes Desistentes do Tratamento/estatística & dados numéricos , Gravidez , Gravidez não Desejada , Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/prevenção & controle
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