One session of TTM-tailored condom use feedback: a pilot study among at-risk women in the Bronx.

There is an urgent need to implement interventions to curb the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially HIV. Consistent condom use is an effective preventive strategy, yet especially among those at highest risk, condom use remains too low. This paper describes changes in condom use and stages of condom use over two-three months time following a single session with an interactive multimedia computer-delivered Transtheoretical Model (TTM)-tailored expert system originally designed for at-risk adolescents.

Three city feasibility study of a body empowerment and HIV prevention intervention among women with drug use histories: Women FIT.

Background: New intervention models are needed for HIV prevention among drug-using women.

Methods: The Women Fighting Infection Together (Women FIT) feasibility study enrolled 189 women in three U.S.

Associations of Sexual Victimization, Depression, and Sexual Assertiveness with Unprotected Sex: A Test of the Multifaceted Model of HIV Risk Across Gender.

This study examined whether the Multifaceted Model of HIV Risk (MMOHR) would predict unprotected sex based on predictors including gender, childhood sexual abuse (CSA), sexual victimization (SV), depression, and sexual assertiveness for condom use. A community-based sample of 473 heterosexually active men and women, aged 18-46 years completed survey measures of model variables. Gender predicted several variables significantly.

Double trouble: violent and non-violent traumas among women at sexual risk of HIV infection.

Background: This study examines the association between trauma and HIV risk behaviors among women at sexual risk for HIV infection.

Methods: From April to August 1998, high-risk HIV negative women were recruited in the South Bronx into a year-long cohort study. At the 12-month visit, 116 women were interviewed face-to-face about recent and lifetime violent and non-violent traumas.

Douching practices among women at high risk of HIV infection in the United States: implications for microbicide testing and use.

Background: Douching may interfere with determination of microbicide safety and effectiveness. This practice has not been adequately studied among women at risk of HIV infection.

Goal: This study assessed douching practices among women at risk of HIV infection in the United States.