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Reducing the risk of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men: A feasibility study of the motivational interviewing counseling method.
- Source :
- Nursing & Health Sciences; Sep2016, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p400-407, 8p, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- HIV prevalence among Chinese men who have sex with men has rapidly increased in recent years. In this randomized, controlled study, we tested the feasibility and efficacy of motivational interviewing to reduce high-risk sexual behaviors among this population in Changsha, China. Eighty men who have sex with men were randomly assigned to either the intervention group, in which participants received a three-session motivational interviewing intervention over 4 weeks, or the control group, in which participants received usual counseling from peer educators. High-risk behavior indicators and HIV knowledge level were evaluated at baseline and 3 months after the intervention. Motivational interviewing significantly improved consistent anal condom use. However, there was no significant change in consistent condom use for oral sex or in the number of sexual partners over time. HIV knowledge scores improved equally in both groups. This study demonstrated that an intervention using motivational interviewing is feasible and results in increased condom use during anal sex for Chinese men who have sex with men. However, further work must be done to increase the use of condoms during oral sexual encounters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HIV prevention
GAY men
BISEXUAL people
CHI-squared test
CONDOMS
CONFIDENCE intervals
COUNSELING
INTERVIEWING
ORAL sex
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
RISK-taking behavior
STATISTICAL sampling
LOGISTIC regression analysis
PILOT projects
ANAL sex
HEALTH education teachers
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
MOTIVATIONAL interviewing
HEALTH literacy
DATA analysis software
MEDICAL coding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14410745
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing & Health Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117788264
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12287