caa a22 4500 445849355 CHVBK 20180317145408.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-010-9302-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-010-9302-8 Adding the Female Condom to HIV Prevention Interventions for Women with Severe Mental Illness: A Pilot Test [Elektronische Daten] [Pamela Collins, Hella von Unger, Susan Putnins, Natalie Crawford, Ragini Dutt, Marcela Hoffer] We evaluated the efficacy of a gender-specific intervention to reduce sexual risk behaviors by introducing female-initiated methods to urban women with severe mental illness. Seventy-nine women received 10 sessions of an HIV prevention intervention or a control intervention. The primary outcome was unprotected oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse, expressed using the Vaginal Episode Equivalent (VEE) score. Knowledge and use of the female condom were also assessed. Women in the HIV prevention intervention showed a three-fold reduction in the VEE score at the 3-month follow-up compared to the control group, but the difference was not significant. These women were significantly more likely to know about female condoms, have inserted one and used it with a sexual partner at the 3-month follow-up and to have inserted it at 6months compared to controls. The female condom may be a useful addition, for a subset of women with SMI, to comprehensive HIV prevention programs. US Government, 2010 Severe mental illness nationallicence HIV prevention nationallicence Women nationallicence Female condoms nationallicence Pilot test nationallicence Collins Pamela Columbia University, New York, NY, USA aut von Unger Hella Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Research Group Public Health, Berlin, Germany aut Putnins Susan Mc Lean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA aut Crawford Natalie Columbia University, New York, NY, USA aut Dutt Ragini UNICEF Headquarters, New York, NY, USA aut Hoffer Marcela Columbia University, New York, NY, USA aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/2(2011-04-01), 143-155 0010-3853 47:2<143 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9302-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9302-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Collins Pamela Columbia University, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- von Unger Hella Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Research Group Public Health, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Putnins Susan Mc Lean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Crawford Natalie Columbia University, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dutt Ragini UNICEF Headquarters, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoffer Marcela Columbia University, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/2(2011-04-01), 143-155 0010-3853 47:2<143 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer