Abstract
Although there have been great advances in the prevention of HIV in the last two decades, young men who have sex with men (YMSM) continue to be disproportionately impacted. Utilizing qualitative data from a sample of YMSM (N = 292) engaged in a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of an internet-based HIV prevention program, we examined YMSM’s goals for sexual risk reduction. Goals tended to focus on strategies used to prepare for safer sex or strategies to be used during sex. In both areas, five categories of strategies were identified: Skill-related, intrapersonal, social, contextual, and instrumental. Findings suggest opportunities for more tailored eHealth intervention by focusing on strategies in domains of most use to the individual. Future research should include longitudinal assessment of barriers and facilitators to goal adherence, utility of goals in increasing safer sex behaviors, and changes to goals over time.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-13 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | AIDS Education and Prevention |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2017 |
Funding
Data for this study were gathered as part of the Keep It Up! randomized clinical trial funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health (R01DA035145, PI: Mustanski). Darnell Motley was support during the preparation of this article by a training grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA D40HP25719). We also acknowledge the support of the NIH-funded Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (CFAR; P30 AI117943). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
