home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Shareware Overload Trio 2
/
Shareware Overload Trio Volume 2 (Chestnut CD-ROM).ISO
/
dir26
/
med9410l.zip
/
M94A2067.TXT
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-10-24
|
3KB
|
49 lines
Document 2067
DOCN M94A2067
TI Community-level HIV prevention program for young gay men.
DT 9412
AU Hays RB; Kegeles S; Coates T; Center for AIDS Prevention Studies,
(CAPS), University of; California, San Francisco.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):389 (abstract no. PD0164). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370508
AB OBJECTIVE: Young gay men are consistently found to engage in high rates
of unsafe sex. We designed and implemented a community-level, peer-led
HIV prevention program based on diffusion of innovations theory,
targeted specifically to the needs and styles of young gay men. METHOD:
An 8-month community-level intervention was implemented in Santa
Barbara, CA. The program created a young gay men's community center
which sought to promote a norm for safe sex through a variety of social,
outreach and small group activities designed and run by peers. The
program reached approximately 500 young men. We evaluated the program
with an independent, longitudinal survey of gay/bisexual men aged 18-29
in Santa Barbara (N = 126). Survey respondents were recruited by peers
(through social networks, bars and community settings) and assessed pre
and post intervention (one year later) via mail-back surveys (78% return
rate). RESULTS: Wilcoxon matched-pairs tests showed that factors
theorized to contribute to sexual risk-taking showed improvements
following intervention, including perceptions that social norms favored
safe sex, sexual communication skills, misperceptions about safe sex,
interpersonal barriers to safe sex, and frequency of engaging in sex
while under the influence of alcohol/drugs (all p's < .03). Although not
significant, the proportion of men having unprotected anal intercourse
during the past two months decreased from 31% pre to 24% post
intervention, and unprotected intercourse outside the context of a
boyfriend relationship decreased from 38% to 31%. The greatest numbers
of high risk-taking men in our evaluation sample were reached through
the program's outreach to bars and community settings (56%),
program-sponsored social events (44%) and receiving program materials
from friends (44%). CONCLUSIONS: A peer-run, community mobilization
prevention approach can effectively reach large numbers of young gay men
and impact variables causally related to HIV risk-taking among young gay
men. It may take more time for these changes to translate into more
pronounced sexual behavior changes.
DE Adolescence Adult California Follow-Up Studies *Health Education
*Homosexuality Human HIV Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Program Evaluation Self-Help
Groups Sex Behavior Sex Education *Social Environment MEETING
ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).