Mehdi Mirheidari, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian, Ali Montazeri, Homeira Fallahi. Predictors of condom use intention among Iranian men with history of addiction. Payesh 2014; 13 (4) :477-485
URL:
http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-294-en.html
1- Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modaress University, Tehran, Iran
2- Mental Health Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
3- Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
Abstract: (5592 Views)
Objective (s): To determine the predictors of condom use intention among Iranian men with history of addiction.
Methods: This was a cross sectional study of a sample of 128 men with history of addiction attending to slef-hep groups in Qom, Iran. Data were collected through a valid structured questionnaire based on the health belief model.
Results: The results showed the perceived benefits and perceived barriers were the strongest predictors of condom use intention. According to the results, the most important perceived benefit of condom use was HIV prevention and for the perceived barrier it was sexual pleasure reduction.
Conclusion: This study indicated that perceived benefit and perceived barrier could predict intention of condom use.
type of study:
Descriptive |
Accepted: 2013/08/3 | ePublished ahead of print: 2014/03/11 | Published: 2014/07/15