Systematic development of a self-help and motivational enhancement intervention to promote sexual health in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

Queermasters: Developing a Theory‐ and Evidence‐Based Internet HIV‐Prevention Intervention to Promote HIV‐Testing among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)

“…Insufficient information on the development and the content of any health promotion program not only poses limits to adequate program evaluation (Sidani & Sechrest, 1999), but also to conducting meta‐analytic reviews of intervention effectiveness in the future (Abraham & Michie, in press). Recently, more publications have described the development of programs for primary prevention purposes, such as safe sex in different (high‐)risk populations for HIV‐infection (Kok, Harterink, Vriens, de Zwart, & Hospers, 2006; van Empelen, Kok, Schaalma, & Bartholomew, 2003), stress management among adolescents (Kraag, Kok, Abu‐Saab, Lamberts, & Fekkes, 2005), and (safe) sex education for HIV‐positive MSM (van Kesteren, Kok, Hospers, Schippers, & de Wildt, 2006). Fewer publications described the development of programs for secondary prevention purposes aimed at early detection through screening, such as cervical cancer screening (Hou, Fernandez, & Parcel, 2004).…”

Stimulant expectancy questionnaire for men who have sex with men: A measure of substance‐related beliefs

“…It can be argued from the results from the current study that given the role of stimulant use and expectancies regarding sexual activity (including barriers to sexual communication and negotiation), psychological intervention aimed at reducing stimulant use could be a form of HIV prevention in and of itself, and could be incorporated with other brief interventions (eg, point‐of‐care testing) in settings associated with substance use or sexual activity (eg, sex on premises venues) and enhanced training of alcohol and drug staff regarding issues relevant to MSM . Other treatment approaches (including brief interventions) could include challenging and modifying expectancies in other community and clinical interventions …”

Getting inside the black box of health promotion programmes using Intervention Mapping

“…Intervention Mapping provides a vocabulary for programme planning, procedures for planning activities, and technical assistance with identifying theory-based determinants and methods for change. Intervention Mapping has successfully been applied in various settings, among others in the patient education field, 5,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] and to a wide range of different behaviours. More specifically, Intervention Mapping ensures that theoretical models and empirical evidence guide planners in two areas: (1) the identification of behavioural and environmental determinants related to a target health problem, and (2) the selection of the most appropriate theoretical methods and practical applications to address the identified determinants.…”

“…Intervention Mapping has been described as tiresome, 4 complex, 11 elaborate, expensive and time consuming. 13 Furthermore, faulty logic models occur when the essential problem has not been clearly stated and defined, factors influencing a problem are not well understood or an inadequate theory was chosen. 16 Besides, no matter how logical a programme model seems, there is always a danger that it will be wrong.…”