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Impact of an educational intervention to promote condom use among the male partners of HIV positive women

Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, Iná S. Santos

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RATIONALE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Promoting the secondary prevention of HIV transmission is essential. METHOD: An intervention. aimed at increasing condom use by partners. was delivered to HIV positive women attending a Brazilian clinic. It included educational advice delivered by doctors. and unlimited access to free condoms. A pre-post design was used: 170 control group women were recruited. the intervention was implemented. and 170 intervention group women were then enrolled. All were interviewed at baseline. 30 and 60 days. RESULTS: After training. doctors were more likely to provide advice on condom use. Reported use increased by 8.8% points (a 14.2% increase) in the intervention group after 30 days. and by 5.7 points (9.5%) in the control group (P = 0.52). CONCLUSION: The reasons why the intervention failed to reach a significant effect are discussed. as are the possible Public Health impact of a 14.2% increase in condom use among HIV positive women.

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Key concepts: Condom, Medicine, Intervention (counseling), Family medicine, Female condom, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Public health, Health education