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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2007 Oct;34(2):177-87.
doi: 10.1007/BF02872672.

Lowering obstacles to HIV prevention services: effects of a brief, telephone-based intervention using motivational enhancement therapy

Joseph F Picciano  1 , Roger A Roffman, Seth C Kalichman, Denise D Walker
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Lowering obstacles to HIV prevention services: effects of a brief, telephone-based intervention using motivational enhancement therapy

Joseph F Picciano et al. Ann Behav Med. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Background: Brief and low-burden HIV risk reduction counseling interventions are needed for populations at greatest risk for HIV infection.

Purpose: This randomized controlled trial tested a brief theory-based counseling intervention delivered entirely over the telephone for men who engage in unprotected intercourse with men.

Methods: Participants received either risk reduction counseling that included information, motivational enhancement and behavior skills building, or brief HIV education counseling. A total of 319 participants completed follow-up assessments over a 10-month period. Descriptive and random effects mixed models are used to evaluate findings.

Results: Results demonstrate that a brief telephone intervention can reach and engage high-risk men in risk reduction counseling. Nearly one third of participants identified as men of color; the median age was 33 years. Participants in both counseling conditions increased their motivation and behavioral skills to practice safer sex and reduced their number of sex partners and frequencies of engaging in unprotected anal sex over the study observation period. However, there were few differences between intervention conditions.

Conclusions: The effects of repeated measurement reactivity and brief interpersonal consciousness raising may account for the lack of differences between counseling conditions and the decrease in risk for all participants over time.

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Participant flow through the Sex Check Study. Note. MET = Motivational Enhancement Therapy; KC = Knowledge Check.
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Percentage of participants reporting an HIV-positive sex partner, by partner type, study group, and assessment time. Note. MET = Motivational Enhancement Therapy; KC = Knowledge Check.
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Percentage of participants reporting an HIV unknown status sex partner, by partner type, study group, and assessment time. Note. MET = Motivational Enhancement Therapy; KC = Knowledge Check.
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FIGURE 4
Percentage of participants reporting unprotected anal intercourse (UA), by partner serostatus, study group, and assessment time. Note. MET = Motivational Enhancement Therapy; KC = Knowledge Check.
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