Although interventions based on cognitive theories can reduce rates of unsafe sexual
behavior in adolescents, effect sizes remain small. This study was a qualitative investigation …

Behavioral interventions to reduce sexual risk behavior depend on strong health behavior
theory. By identifying the psychosocial variables that lead causally to sexual risk, theories …

This article describes a quasi-experimental evaluation of a community-based, culturally and
ecologically tailored HIV prevention intervention for Mexican American female adolescents …

AIDS knowledge, condom attitudes, and sexual behavior were examined in a sample of 193
substance-abusing juvenile offenders on probation or parole. The majority of these youths …

Social and structural factors including HIV stigma are theorized to drive global disparities in
HIV prevalence. This study tests whether HIV self-stigma, or experiences of stigma at the …

We report results from a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of a
video-based sexual risk reduction intervention and to measure assessment reactivity …

The study identifies factors associated with knowledge and perception of risk of HIV/AIDS, as
well as attitudes to and usage of condoms by a sample of male sex workers (MSW). One …

The role that gender plays in influencing the prevalence and patterns of sexual risk taking
was examined in 245 college students from two samples (about 60% of whom were White …

Greater sensory stimulation in advertising has been postulated to facilitate attention and
persuasion. For this reason, video ads promoting health behaviors are often designed to be …

Following a brief review of HIV behavioral epidemiology pertinent to planning risk reduction
interventions, factors found in recent studies to be related to HIV risk taking and risk …