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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 5/2012

01-07-2012 | Original Paper

Longitudinal Effects of SafeTalk, a Motivational Interviewing-Based Program to Improve Safer Sex Practices Among People Living with HIV/AIDS

Authors: Carol E. Golin, Jo Anne Earp, Catherine A. Grodensky, Shilpa N. Patel, Chirayath Suchindran, Megha Parikh, Seth Kalichman, Kristine Patterson, Heidi Swygard, E. Byrd Quinlivan, Kemi Amola, Zulfiya Chariyeva, Jennifer Groves

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 5/2012

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Abstract

Programs to help people living with HIV/AIDS practice safer sex are needed to prevent transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. We sought to assess the impact of SafeTalk, a multicomponent motivational interviewing-based safer sex program, on HIV-infected patients’ risky sexual behavior. We enrolled sexually active adult HIV-infected patients from one of three clinical sites in North Carolina and randomized them to receive the 4-session SafeTalk intervention versus a hearthealthy attention-control. There was no significant difference in the proportion of people having unprotected sex between the two arms at enrollment. SafeTalk significantly reduced the number of unprotected sex acts with at-risk partners from baseline, while in controls the number of unprotected sex acts increased. Motivational interviewing can provide an effective, flexible prevention intervention for a heterogeneous group of people living with HIV.
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Metadata
Title
Longitudinal Effects of SafeTalk, a Motivational Interviewing-Based Program to Improve Safer Sex Practices Among People Living with HIV/AIDS
Authors
Carol E. Golin
Jo Anne Earp
Catherine A. Grodensky
Shilpa N. Patel
Chirayath Suchindran
Megha Parikh
Seth Kalichman
Kristine Patterson
Heidi Swygard
E. Byrd Quinlivan
Kemi Amola
Zulfiya Chariyeva
Jennifer Groves
Publication date
01-07-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 5/2012
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0025-9

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