       Document 0578
 DOCN  M9590578
 TI    Behavioral training and AIDS risk reduction: overcoming barriers to
       condom use.
 DT    9509
 AU    Weisse CS; Turbiasz AA; Whitney DJ; Department of Psychology, Union
       College, Schenectady, New York; 12308, USA.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1995 Feb;7(1):50-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95290334
 AB    To assess the short- and long-term effects of an AIDS-prevention
       workshop on undergraduates' attitudes about condom use and AIDS, 31
       participants and 31 controls were studied immediately after training
       sessions as well as three months later. The workshop was aimed at
       reducing embarrassment to purchase condoms, encouraging positive
       attitudes about condoms, and promoting knowledge about AIDS. To help
       students overcome their embarrassment over condom purchases, a
       behavioral intervention was included allowing students to make condom
       purchases at nearby drug stores. Results revealed that participants
       reported less embarrassment over condom purchases after training
       sessions and that this effect became even stronger over time. Knowledge
       about AIDS and positive attitudes about condoms also increased
       immediately after the workshop, but these changes did not persist.
       Results suggest that AIDS prevention workshops may lead to transient
       changes unless a specific skill (i.e., condom purchasing) is targeted
       via behavioral training.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Adult  *Behavior Therapy  *Condoms
       Follow-Up Studies  *Health Education  Human  Internal-External Control
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Risk-Taking  Support, Non-U.S.
       Gov't  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

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