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01-09-2007 | Original Paper

Start Talking About Risks: Development of a Motivational Interviewing-Based Safer Sex Program for People Living with HIV

Authors: Carol E. Golin, Shilpa Patel, Katherine Tiller, E. Byrd Quinlivan, Catherine A. Grodensky, Maureen Boland

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Special Issue 1/2007

Abstract

The epidemiology of HIV infection in the US in general, and in the southeast, in particular, has shifted dramatically over the past two decades, increasingly affecting women and minorities. The site for our intervention was an infectious diseases clinic based at a university hospital serving over 1,300 HIV-infected patients in North Carolina. Our patient population is diverse and reflects the trends seen more broadly in the epidemic in the southeast and in North Carolina. Practicing safer sex is a complex behavior with multiple determinants that vary by individual and social context. A comprehensive intervention that is client-centered and can be tailored to each individual’s circumstances is more likely to be effective at reducing risky behaviors among clients such as ours than are more confrontational or standardized prevention messages. One potential approach to improving safer sex practices among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is Motivational Interviewing (MI), a non-judgmental, client-centered but directive counseling style. Below, we describe: (1) the development of the Start Talking About Risks (STAR) MI-based safer sex counseling program for PLWHA at our clinic site; (2) the intervention itself; and (3) lessons learned from implementing the intervention.

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Title: Start Talking About Risks: Development of a Motivational Interviewing-Based Safer Sex Program for People Living with HIV
Authors: Carol E. Golin
Shilpa Patel
Katherine Tiller
E. Byrd Quinlivan
Catherine A. Grodensky
Maureen Boland
Publication date: 01-09-2007
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: AIDS and Behavior / Issue Special Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-007-9256-1

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