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Effectiveness of a condom use educational program developed on the basis of the Information–Motivation–Behavioral Skills model
Author(s) -
KUDO Yoshiko
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
japan journal of nursing science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1742-7924
pISSN - 1742-7932
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2012.00207.x
Subject(s) - condom , medicine , family planning , intervention (counseling) , population , sexual intercourse , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , demography , clinical psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , research methodology , syphilis , sociology
Aim: To assess a condom use educational program developed using the Information–Motivation–Behavioral Skills (IMB) model to enable Japanese young people to use condoms. Methods: The program was implemented in two sessions of approximately 90 min each over a 2 day period. The participants underwent the program in small same‐sex groups. The study participants were divided into the intervention group ( n = 94) and the control group ( n = 186). Knowledge relating to HIV/sexually‐transmitted diseases (STDs), attitudes towards contraception and sex, the risk perceptions of pregnancy and HIV/STD infection, anticipated reaction to proposed condom use, self‐efficacy of condom use, and sexual behaviors were assessed. Data were obtained at baseline, immediately after the program, and 1 and 3 months after the program or baseline survey. Results: Intervention group participants with experience of sexual intercourse ( n = 14) had significantly higher scores for knowledge relating to HIV/STDs, self‐efficacy of condom use, and relief/confusion associated with condom use than the control group ( n = 13) at the 1 and 3 month surveys. Intervention group participants with no experience of sexual intercourse ( n = 14) had significantly higher scores for knowledge relating to HIV/STDs and self‐efficacy of condom use, and significantly lower scores for condom avoidance, than the control group ( n = 116). Condom use behavior was not changed in either group. Conclusion: The program used in this study did not promote condom use, but it increased knowledge relating to HIV/STDs and self‐efficacy of condom use and reduced resistance to condom use.