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Safer sex media messages and adolescent sexual behavior: 3-year follow-up results from project iMPPACS

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  • Hennessy, M.
  • Romer, D.
  • Valois, R.F.
  • Vanable, P.
  • Carey, M.P.
  • Stanton, B.
  • Brown, L.
  • Ralph DiClemente
  • Salazar, L.F.

Abstract

Objectives. We estimated the long-term (36-month) effects of Project iMPPACS, a multisite randomized controlled trial of mass media and smallgroup intervention for African American adolescents. Methods. We collected 6 waves of longitudinal data on program participants aged 14 to 17 years (n = 1139) in Providence, Rhode Island; Syracuse, New York; Columbia, South Carolina; and Macon, Georgia, 36 months (December 2009- December 2010) after the intervention began (August 2006-January 2008). Seemingly unrelated regressions at each wave estimated the effects of 3 types of mass media messages (the thematic mediators: selection, pleasure, and negotiation) on condom use intention and self-reported unprotected vaginal sex events. Results. All 3 mediators of behavior change that were introduced during the media intervention were sustained at the follow-up assessments at least 18 months after the intervention ended, with intention having the largest correlation. Unprotected vaginal sex increased with each wave of the study, although cities receiving media exposure had smaller increases. Conclusions. Project iMPPACS demonstrates that mass media influence delivered over an extended period, when adolescents were beginning to learn patterns of behavior associated with sex, persisted after the media program ended. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

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  • Hennessy, M. & Romer, D. & Valois, R.F. & Vanable, P. & Carey, M.P. & Stanton, B. & Brown, L. & Ralph DiClemente & Salazar, L.F., 2013. "Safer sex media messages and adolescent sexual behavior: 3-year follow-up results from project iMPPACS," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(1), pages 134-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300856_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300856
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    1. Robert F. Valois & Jelani C. Kerr & Michael P. Carey & Larry K. Brown & Daniel Romer & Ralph J. DiClemente & Peter A. Vanable, 2020. "Neighborhood Stress and Life Satisfaction: Is there a Relationship for African American Adolescents?," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 15(1), pages 273-296, March.
    2. Monica H. Swahn & Rachel Culbreth & Laura F. Salazar & Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye & David H. Jernigan & Rogers Kasirye & Isidore S. Obot, 2020. "The Prevalence and Context of Alcohol Use, Problem Drinking and Alcohol-Related Harm among Youth Living in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-16, April.
    3. Keith J. Zullig & Robert F. Valois & Gerald R. Hobbs & Jelani C. Kerr & Daniel Romer & Michael P. Carey & Larry K. Brown & Ralph J. DiClemente & Peter A. Vanable, 2020. "Can a Multilevel STI/HIV Prevention Strategy for High Risk African American Adolescents Improve Life Satisfaction?," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 417-436, February.

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