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Insights

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

The goal of Insights is to increase condom use among heterosexually active, non-monogamous young women in Washington and North Carolina.

Participants were given a baseline assessment and then received two prevention packets mailed three months apart that were individually-tailored to each woman. Packets were tailored based on: stage of readiness to use condoms, beliefs and norms about condom use, intentions and efficacy to use condoms, perceived barriers/facilitators to use condoms, perceived risk, ethnicity, type of sex partner, STD history, oral contraceptive use, whether the participant has children or not, and binge drinking.

The first packet included a self-help booklet called Insights, male and female condoms, a condom carrying case, and instructions on how to use condoms. The second packet, called Extra Insights, focused on reinforcing messages and removing barriers.

Goal / Mission

The goal of Insights is to increase condom use among young women at risk for HIV and other STDs.

Impact

Insights proves that tailored cognitive/behavioral minimal self-help interventions hold promise as HIV/STD prevention strategies for diverse populations of young at-risk women.

Results / Accomplishments

Insights recruited women between the ages of 18 and 24 who visited various clinics in Washington and North Carolina within an allotted time period. At two months post-intervention, women in the intervention group were significantly more likely to use a condom during sex with any partner (p=0.0005) and with their primary partners (p=0.0003) when compared to women in the control group.

About this Promising Practice

Primary Contact
Delia Scholes
Group Health Research Institute
1730 Minor Ave., Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 287-2888
scholes.d@ghc.org
Topics
Health / Women's Health
Health / Prevention & Safety
Source
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Location
Washington and North Carolina
For more details
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12824793
Target Audience
Women

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An Evidence-Based Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.
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