Female condom skill and attitude: results from a NIDA Clinical Trials Network gender-specific HIV risk reduction study.

ABSTRACT: The female condom is effective in reducing unprotected sexual acts; however, it remains underutilized in the United States. This study examined whether a five-session HIV prevention intervention (Safer Sex Skills Building [SSB]), including presentation, discussion, and practice with female condoms, improved female condom skills and attitude among women in outpatient substance abuse treatment. Mixed-effects modeling was used to test the effect of SSB on skills and attitude over 3- and 6-month posttreatment among 515 randomized women. SSB was significantly associated with increases in skills and attitude, and the female condom demonstration session was primarily responsible for skills improvement. Attitude was a partial mediator of the intervention effect in reducing unprotected sex. Finding

SUBMITTER: Campbell AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3162343 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature