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A Relationship-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Sexual Minority Men in the United States: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the We Prevent Intervention.
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AIDS and behavior [AIDS Behav] 2023 Aug; Vol. 27 (8), pp. 2703-2719. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 12. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- We Prevent is a virtual counseling intervention designed to improve communication as a mechanism for reducing HIV risk among young sexual minority men (SMM) in relationships. We evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of We Prevent in comparison to standard Counseling, Testing, and Referral among a national sample of 318 SMM ages 15-24 in a pilot randomized control trial. We found significant differences in condomless sex with outside partners; however, there were no differences in other sexual behaviors, sexual agreements, intimate partner violence (IPV), or communication between the conditions across the 9-month follow-ups. Stratified analyses found non-significant trends suggestive that We Prevent may reduce condomless sex for those ages 15-17 and for relationships over 1-year and may reduce IPV in relationships over 1-year. Though study retention was adequate, session attendance was low. Exit interviews participants reported benefits of We Prevent and provided insights into how to increase uptake.<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
- Subjects :
- Male
Humans
United States epidemiology
Sexual Partners psychology
Pilot Projects
Sexual Behavior
HIV Infections epidemiology
HIV Infections prevention & control
HIV Infections psychology
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Intimate Partner Violence prevention & control
Intimate Partner Violence psychology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-3254
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- AIDS and behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36781618
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-03994-5