Testing the Effectiveness of Two Psychosocial Interventions on Socio-Cognitive Risk Factors for HIV/AIDS in Mozambican Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Eduardo Matediane, Eleonora C. V. Costa, Vanessa Azevedo, Teresa McIntyre, Ana Luísa Patrão |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
AIDS prevention
Adult Safe Sex medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Adolescent Sexual Behavior Psychological intervention Context (language use) HIV Infections Health Promotion Psychosocial Intervention law.invention Condoms 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Condom Randomized controlled trial Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) law Risk Factors Intervention (counseling) Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Accent (sociolinguistics) Women's health in Mozambique Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 030505 public health business.industry Negotiating Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Socio-cognitive risk factors Sexual health promotion Self Efficacy Infectious Diseases Family medicine Women's Health Female Sexual Health 0305 other medical science business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education. 33(3) |
| ISSN: | 1943-2755 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two psychosocial interventions (Didactic and ACCENT) on socio-cognitive risk factors, in vulnerable Mozambican women at risk for HIV/AIDS infection. The study design was a randomized controlled trial on Mozambican women at HIV/AIDS risk (n = 150). The participants were randomized into three groups: Didactic Intervention (experimental group), ACCENT intervention (experimental group), and control group. We used an adapted version of the Women's Health Questionnaire, which includes a series of scales and questionnaires assessing psychosocial relevant dimensions to female protection towards HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS knowledge, condom use negotiation self-efficacy, and perceived barriers against safer sex. Both interventions were equally effective in increasing HIV/AIDS knowledge. The ACCENT intervention was especially effective in promoting condom use negotiation self-efficacy and in decreasing perceived barriers against safer sex, essential variables for sexual protection. These results support the adaptation of Western interventions to the African context. |
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