• DOI:10.1080/08870446.2011.531576
• Corpus ID: 2623212

Preliminary efficacy of a computer-based HIV intervention for African-American women

@article{Wingood2011PreliminaryEO,
  title={Preliminary efficacy of a computer-based HIV intervention for African-American women},
  author={Gina M. Wingood and J J Card and Deja L. Er and Julie Robin Solomon and Nikia D. Braxton and Delia L. Lang and Puja Seth and James Albert Cartreine and Ralph Joseph DiClemente},
  journal={Psychology \& Health},
  year={2011},
  volume={26},
  pages={223 - 234}
}

• G. Wingood, J. J. Card, +6 authors R. DiClemente
• Published 1 February 2011
• Psychology, Medicine
• Psychology & Health

This study evaluated the preliminary efficacy of a computer-based HIV intervention to enhance HIV-protective sexual behaviours, based on a randomised controlled trial among 135 African-American women, 21–29 years of age, seeking services at Planned Parenthood in Atlanta, GA. Participants were randomised either to a control session two, 60-minute computer-based HIV intervention sessions administered on a laptop computer that each concluded with a 15-minute small group session or to a control session of general health information including discussion on HIV prevention. Relative to controls, participants in the computer-based HIV intervention were more knowledgeable about HIV/STD prevention and reported higher scores on the measure of condom use self-efficacy at 3 months post-intervention; they also reported a higher percentage of condom-protected sex and were more likely to use condoms consistently for vaginal sex (odds ratio, OR = 5.9; p < 0.039) and were more likely to use condoms consistently for oral sex (OR = 13.83; p < 0.037). This relatively brief intervention provides preliminary support that an evidence-based group-based HIV prevention intervention for young African-American women can be adapted to a computer-based HIV intervention.