Titre :
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A community-level HIV prevention intervention for inner-city women : Results of the women and infants demonstration projects. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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J.L. LAUBY ;
J. ADAMS ;
B. PERSON ;
P.J. Smith ;
M. STARK ;
National Center for Hiv. Std. And Tb Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta. GA. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 90, n° 2, 2000)
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Pagination :
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216-222
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Sida
;
Virose
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Infection
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Homme
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Femme
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Facteur socioéconomique
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Pauvreté
;
Prévention santé
;
Comportement sexuel
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Préservatif
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Ethnie
;
Immunopathologie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xbD0TC. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study examined the effects of a multisite community-level HIV prevention intervention on women's condom-use behaviors. Methods. The theory-based behavioral intervention was implemented with low-income, primarily African American women in 4 urban communities. It was evaluated with data from pre-and postintervention cross-sectional surveys in matched intervention and comparison communities. Results. At baseline, 68% of the women had no intention of using condoms with their main partners and 70% were not using condoms consistently with other partners. After 2 years of intervention activities, increases in rates of talking with main partners about condoms were significantly larger in intervention communities than in comparison communities (P=03). Intervention communities also had significant increases in the proportion of women who had tried to get their main partners to use condoms (P=01). The trends for condom use with other partners were similar but nonsignificant. Conclusions. Many women at risk for HIV infection are still not using condoms. Community-level interventions may be an effective way to reach large numbers of women and change their condom-use behaviors, particularly their behaviors with regard to communication with main sex partners.
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