HIV Prevention with Male Prostitutes and Patrons of Hustler Bars

Replication of an HIV Preventive Intervention

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11054899
AutoresRobin Lin Miller (0000-0003-3035-6932, University of Illinois Chicago, autor de correspondencia), David Klotz (0000-0002-8843-9362, University of Illinois Chicago), Haftan M Eckholdt, Haftan Eckholdt (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Año1998
Volumen26
Número1
Páginas97-131
Fecha de publicación1998-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1023/a:1021886208524
PMID9574500
OpenAlexW1531148756
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas37
Referencias citadas29

The core objectives of this study were to document the process by which a community‐based organization replicated and adapted an experimentally developed intervention to its own use and to explore the effectiveness of that HIV prevention program for male prostitutes and other patrons in New York City “hustler” bars. The intervention model employed was based on previous research with gay men (Kelly, St. Lawrence, Diaz, et al., 1991; Kelly, St. Lawrence, Stevenson, et al., 1992) and inspired by diffusion of innovation theory (Rogers, 1995). The effects of the current intervention were assessed on a sample of 1,741 male prostitutes and bar patrons. Analyses indicated significant reductions in paid, unprotected sexual intercourse and oral sex following the intervention. Analyses further indicated that the data were partially consistent with the program's model, which specified that norms were the putative mediator of behavior change in the intervention. Also, the intervention's effects varied by bar and by participants' race/ethnicity. Data support the utility of the intervention model for an urban sample of men at high risk for HIV infection. The importance of exploring the mechanisms that underlie the intervention is discussed

Ethnic group · Family medicine · Health psychology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Intervention (counseling) · Psychiatry · Public health · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Gerontology