TY - JOUR
T1 - Brothers Leading Healthy Lives
T2 - Outcomes from the pilot testing of a culturally and contextually congruent HIV prevention intervention for black male college students.
AU - Aronson, Robert E.
AU - Rulison, Kelly L.
AU - Graham, Louis F.
AU - Pulliam, Regina Mc Coy
AU - McGee, Warner L.
AU - Labban, Jeffrey D.
AU - Dingman, Deirdre
AU - Rhodes, Scott D.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - We used a treatment group-only design to pilot test a newly developed intervention to increase condom use among higher risk heterosexually active African American/black male college students. A community-based participatory research partnership developed the intervention called Brothers Leading Healthy Lives. Following an initial screening of 245 men, 81 eligible men were contacted for participation. Of the 64 men who agreed to participate, 57 completed the intervention and 54 of those completed the 3-month follow-up assessment, for a 93% completion rate. Results show significant changes between the baseline and 3-month follow-up assessments in behavioral outcomes, including reductions in unprotected sex, increase in protection during last intercourse, and fewer condom use errors. Most potential mediators (knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and condom use self-efficacy) also changed significantly in the expected direction. These demonstrated changes provide good evidence that men exposed to this intervention will see changes that reduce their risk for HIV.
AB - We used a treatment group-only design to pilot test a newly developed intervention to increase condom use among higher risk heterosexually active African American/black male college students. A community-based participatory research partnership developed the intervention called Brothers Leading Healthy Lives. Following an initial screening of 245 men, 81 eligible men were contacted for participation. Of the 64 men who agreed to participate, 57 completed the intervention and 54 of those completed the 3-month follow-up assessment, for a 93% completion rate. Results show significant changes between the baseline and 3-month follow-up assessments in behavioral outcomes, including reductions in unprotected sex, increase in protection during last intercourse, and fewer condom use errors. Most potential mediators (knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and condom use self-efficacy) also changed significantly in the expected direction. These demonstrated changes provide good evidence that men exposed to this intervention will see changes that reduce their risk for HIV.
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U2 - 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.5.376
DO - 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.5.376
M3 - Article
C2 - 24059876
AN - SCOPUS:84891501376
SN - 0899-9546
VL - 25
SP - 376
EP - 393
JO - AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education
JF - AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education
IS - 5
ER -