Document 0333
 DOCN  M94A0333
 TI    Beliefs about condoms and their association with intentions to use
       condoms among youths in detention.
 DT    9412
 AU    Gillmore MR; Morrison DM; Lowery C; Baker SA; University of Washington,
       School of Social Work, Seattle 98195.
 SO    J Adolesc Health. 1994 May;15(3):228-37. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94355316
 AB    PURPOSE: Youths in detention have been identified as a high-risk group
       for AIDS. To help inform AIDS-prevention efforts targeted for these
       youths, we surveyed youths in detention regarding their sexual
       behaviors, beliefs about condoms, intentions to use condoms, and actual
       condom use. We examined race and gender differences in these beliefs and
       behaviors, and we studied the relationship of these beliefs to
       condom-use intentions. METHODS: Questionnaires were administered to a
       sample of 201 youths in detention who were, on average, 16 years old.
       The sample was stratified on gender and race (African-American and
       white), with approximately equal numbers in each group. RESULTS: The
       results indicate that these youths had engaged in behaviors that put
       them at high risk of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other
       sexually transmitted diseases. Although they used condoms somewhat more
       consistently with casual partners than with their steady partners, the
       majority did not use condoms consistently with either partner type. Very
       few race or gender differences were found with regard to condom use,
       intentions to use condoms, or beliefs about the consequences of using
       condoms. Beliefs associated with intentions to use condoms with steady
       partners included protection against sexually transmitted diseases
       (STDs), and the beliefs that condoms reduce pleasure, are artificial,
       unromantic, and interrupt sex. In contrast, only the belief that condoms
       prevent pregnancy was related to intentions to use condoms with casual
       partners. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that interventions targeted at
       African-American and white males and females in detention need not
       differ greatly in content as long as they include the most salient
       concerns of each group; that interventions include content on the two
       protective benefits of condom use (pregnancy and STD prevention), as
       well as on how to minimize the perceived negative aspects of condom use;
       that they stress the need for condom use with steady as well as casual
       partners; and that they stress that anal intercourse is especially risky
       with regard to AIDS transmission.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Condoms/*UTILIZATION  Data Collection
       Female  Human  Juvenile Delinquency/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  *Motivation  Racial Stocks  Regression Analysis  Risk
       Factors  *Sex Behavior  Sex Factors  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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