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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2012 Jul;16(5):1182-91.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0025-9.

Longitudinal effects of SafeTalk, a motivational interviewing-based program to improve safer sex practices among people living with HIV/AIDS

Carol E Golin  1 , Jo Anne Earp, Catherine A Grodensky, Shilpa N Patel, Chirayath Suchindran, Megha Parikh, Seth Kalichman, Kristine Patterson, Heidi Swygard, E Byrd Quinlivan, Kemi Amola, Zulfiya Chariyeva, Jennifer Groves
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Longitudinal effects of SafeTalk, a motivational interviewing-based program to improve safer sex practices among people living with HIV/AIDS

Carol E Golin et al. AIDS Behav. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

Programs to help people living with HIV/AIDS practice safer sex are needed to prevent transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. We sought to assess the impact of SafeTalk, a multicomponent motivational interviewing-based safer sex program, on HIV-infected patients' risky sexual behavior. We enrolled sexually active adult HIV-infected patients from one of three clinical sites in North Carolina and randomized them to receive the 4-session SafeTalk intervention versus a hearthealthy attention-control. There was no significant difference in the proportion of people having unprotected sex between the two arms at enrollment. SafeTalk significantly reduced the number of unprotected sex acts with at-risk partners from baseline, while in controls the number of unprotected sex acts increased. Motivational interviewing can provide an effective, flexible prevention intervention for a heterogeneous group of people living with HIV.

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Eligibility and enrollment for a 2-arm randomized, controlled trial of SafeTalk
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a Predicted mean counts of Transmission Risk Behavior (TRB). b Predicted mean counts of Unprotected Anal/Vaginal Intercourse (UAVI)
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