RESUMO
PIP: A knowledge, attitude, belief, and practices survey was given to a sample of 591 residents of St. Lucia in the fall of 1990. The survey posed a host of questions relating to whether respondents were inclined to use condoms when having sex. Respondents were sexually experienced, aged 15-60 years, and interviewed in their homes. Questions were posed and viewed as possible indicators of AIDS knowledge, cues to action, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived locus of control, normative pressure, and condom use outcome expectancies. Statistical analysis suggests that each variable is related to condom use. Analysis also indicates that perceived normative pressure to use condoms was by far the single most important determinant of condom use among the sample. The author closes by discussing the implications of these findings for designing mass media campaigns to increase condom use and strongly recommends a normative campaign.^ieng
Assuntos
Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida , Atitude , Preservativos , Comportamento Contraceptivo , Cultura , Infecções por HIV , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Entrevistas como Assunto , Conhecimento , Grupo Associado , América , Comportamento , Região do Caribe , Comunicação , Anticoncepção , Coleta de Dados , Demografia , Países em Desenvolvimento , Doença , Serviços de Planejamento Familiar , América do Norte , População , Características da População , Psicologia , Pesquisa , Santa Lúcia , Estudos de Amostragem , Comportamento Sexual , VirosesRESUMO
PIP: Results from an ongoing 4-phase research and intervention project on women in relationships in Brazil, Tanzania, and Indonesia are discussed. The project is being conducted with the goal of increasing the levels of discussion with women's partners about sex, health, and ways to protect themselves from AIDS. Like men, women are at risk of contracting HIV from both their own behavior and that of their partners. Regarding condom use, however, women are at a particular disadvantage in that they must ask for and subsequently receive the consent of male partners before condoms will be used. Talking, discussing, and negotiating are therefore important processes to understand and employ when helping women to reduce their exposure to HIV. Preliminary results suggest that many women recognize the benefits of communicating in protecting themselves against AIDS, in bringing them closer to their partners, and in helping men change their behavior. Participants also recognize the potential of communication and negotiation in making male partners angry and suspicious, ultimately driving them away. Women who talked with their partners differed significantly from those who did not in their perceptions of what significant others, such as closest friends, doctors, church members, thought they should do. Strategies are discussed for increasing dialogue, with special attention given to the challenges of applying consumer research tools in developing countries.^ieng