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Interventions targeting social cognitive determinants of condom use in the general Sub-Saharan population: A Systematic Review

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There is a need to use other intervention methods targeting SCM determinants of condom use and to improve the quality of the assessment tools, to increase condom use towards HIV prevention.
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Health education alone has a limited impact on HIV prevention programs, possibly because it does not systematically target social and cognitive factors that affect condom use. To systematically eva...

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Barriers to Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers in Tehran, Iran: A Qualitative Study

TL;DR: It can be useful to take some initiatives at the individual level by raising awareness and understanding of female sex workers about HIV at the structural level by lowering the price of condoms and providing them extensively and at the societal level, by changing the beliefs and taboos about condoms.
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The effects of psychological inoculation on condom use tendencies and barriers; a randomized controlled trial.

TL;DR: PI increases I-CUTE scores compared to controls, and significantly in those with sexual relations, and its relations with cognitive dissonance, using a fully automatized online system.
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[Construction and validation of an instrument on the intended use of condoms among socially vulnerable women].

TL;DR: The validated instrument is a tool that can assist health workers and researchers in predicting condom use, providing input for preventive interventions towards safe sexual practices among women in situations of social vulnerability.
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The theory of planned behavior

TL;DR: Ajzen, 1985, 1987, this article reviewed the theory of planned behavior and some unresolved issues and concluded that the theory is well supported by empirical evidence and that intention to perform behaviors of different kinds can be predicted with high accuracy from attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control; and these intentions, together with perceptions of behavioral control, account for considerable variance in actual behavior.
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Historical Origins of the Health Belief Model

TL;DR: The Health Belief Model (HBM) as mentioned in this paper is a well-known theory in the field of epidemiology that has been the subject of considerable direct study and has directly or indirectly spawned a good deal of additional research.
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Assessing the quality of randomized controlled trials: An annotated bibliography of scales and checklists

TL;DR: An annotated bibliography of scales and checklists developed to assess quality is presented, giving readers a quantitative index of the likelihood that the reported methodology and results are free of bias.
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Sex and HIV education programs: their impact on sexual behaviors of young people throughout the world.

TL;DR: The evidence is strong that programs do not hasten or increase sexual behavior but, instead, some programs delay or decrease sexual behaviors or increase condom or contraceptive use.
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A Test of Major Assumptions About Behavior Change: A Comprehensive Look at the Effects of Passive and Active HIV-Prevention Interventions Since the Beginning of the Epidemic

TL;DR: This meta-analysis tested the major theoretical assumptions about behavior change by examining the outcomes and mediating mechanisms of different preventive strategies in a sample of 354 HIV-prevention interventions and 99 control groups, spanning the past 17 years.
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