Abstract:
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to examine the effect of information-motivation-behavioral skills for AIDS prevention program on condom use behaviors of male sex workers. Information-motivation-behavioral skills model of AIDS preventive behavior (Fisher, Fisher, and Harman, 2003) were used as a conceptual framework to develop the program. A sample of this study was male sex workers who work in gay bars. Two comparable gay bars were selected to participate in the study, 20 subjects from each resulting in a total sample of 40 persons. One gay bar served as an experimental group, the other gay bar served as a control group. The control group received usual knowledge while the experimental group received the information-motivation-behavioral skills for AIDS prevention program. The intervention, developed by a researcher, consisted of 4 steps: 1) providing information on AIDS prevention, 2) building motivation to prevent AIDS, 3) building skills for AIDS prevention, and 4) conclusion. Lesson plans, slides, and a rainbow handbook for male sex workers were used in the program. The intervention was reviewed for content validity by a panel of experts. AIDS Knowledge, motivation, condom use skills, negotiation and denial skills were measured to monitor the intervention effect. The AIDS knowledge has KR-20 at .85. Motivation questionnaire has Cronbachs alpha at .75 and the inter-rater reliability of the condom use, negotiation and denial skills was at 1.00. Condom use behaviors were assessed using a questionnaire. Its content validity index (CVI) was at 1.00 and Cronbachs alpha coefficient was at .84. Data were analyzed using descriptive and t-test statistics Major finding of this study were as follows: 1. Condom use behaviors of the experimental group after receiving the information-motivation-behavioral skills for AIDS prevention program was significantly higher than before receiving the program (p < .01). 2. Condom use behaviors of the experimental group after receiving the information-motivation-behavioral skills for AIDS prevention program was significantly higher than those of the control group (p < .01).