A Meta-Intervention to Increase Completion of an HIV-Prevention Intervention: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in the State of Florida
| Autor: | William C. Livingood, Dolores Albarracín, Marta R. Durantini, Kristina Wilson, Aashna Sunderrajan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adult
Counseling Male MEDLINE HIV Infections PsycINFO Logistic regression Article law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult 030505 public health Attendance Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Health promotion Florida Patient Compliance Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Popis: | Objective A randomized control trial with 722 eligible clients from a health department in the State of Florida was conducted to identify a simple, effective meta-intervention to increase completion of an HIV-prevention counseling program. Method The overall design involved 2 factors representing an empowering and instrumental message, as well as an additional factor indicating presence or absence of expectations about the counseling. Completion of the 3-session counseling was determined by recording attendance. Results A logistic regression analysis with the 3 factors of empowering message, instrumental message, and presence of mediator measures, as well as all interactions, revealed significant interactions between instrumental and empowering messages and between instrumental messages and presence of mediator measures. Results indicated that (a) the instrumental message alone produced most completion than any other message, and (b) when mediators were not measured, including the instrumental message led to greater completion. Conclusions The overall gains in completion as a result of the instrumental message were 16%, implying success in the intended facilitation of counseling completion. The measures of mediators did not detect any experimental effects, probably because the effects were happening without much conscious awareness. (PsycINFO Database Record |
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