Behavioral interventions to promote condom use among women living with HIV: a systematic review update

Globally, and in the United States (U.S.) specifically, rates of reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been steadily increasing and are especially high among youth aged 13–25 years. Using condoms correctly and consistently is an effective STI prevention measure for sexually active youth, yet public health endeavors tend to focus only on condom use consistency. Directly measuring condom application is challenging and expensive. Alternative tools evaluate this behaviour, but little evidence exists on the appropriateness of these instruments in measuring application skills. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the association between condom application skills and self-efficacy. We conducted a search of several databases as well as unpublished works. Studies were included if they were in English, examined youth aged 13–25 years, and were available between 1992 and 2019. The authors screened 630 titles and abstracts for initial inclusion criteria. A full-text review of 30 studies was conducted. The authors included 19 studies in the systematic review and 5 studies were included in the meta-analysis. Both a fixed- and random-effects model (Q = .2321, I2 = 0%) yielded a medium-sized statistically non-significant association (r = 0.217) between skills and self-efficacy. Despite the small sample size, findings suggest that skills and self-efficacy may not be as interchangeable as previously assumed when assessing condom application. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Construção e validação de instrumento sobre intenção de uso de preservativos entre mulheres de aglomerado subnormal

Andrade¹,

Trevizolo

Soares

et al. 2022

Ciênc. saúde coletiva

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Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é construir e validar um instrumento de medida da intenção de uso de preservativos entre mulheres em contexto de vulnerabilidade social. Pesquisa metodológica cuja etapa de construção envolveu 111 mulheres em estudo prévio e a validação do conteúdo e face contou com 166 participantes, entre usuárias de um serviço de saúde, juízes especialistas e docentes. No processo de validação foram utilizados o Índice de Validade de Conteúdo por Item, Índice de Validade de Conteúdo Geral e Alfa de Cronbach. O instrumento constou de 29 itens, com Índice de Validade de Conteúdo Geral 0,99. A validação semântica resultou na inserção de sinais pictóricos nas escalas de resposta. O estudo piloto gerou Alfa de Cronbach 0,61 (IC: 0,48-0,72). O instrumento validado constitui-se ferramenta que pode auxiliar trabalhadores da saúde e pesquisadores na predição do uso de preservativos, guiando intervenções preventivas na direção de práticas sexuais seguras entre mulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade social.

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Behavioral interventions to promote condom use among women living with HIV: a systematic review update

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Predictors of HIV sex risk behavior among women in US drug treatment programs: NIDA CTN trial results

Predictors of HIV sex risk behavior among women in US drug treatment programs: NIDA CTN trial results

Condom application skills and self-efficacy in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Construção e validação de instrumento sobre intenção de uso de preservativos entre mulheres de aglomerado subnormal

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