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An AIDS Risk Reduction Program for Dutch Drug Users: An Intervention Mapping Approach to PlanningDepartment of Experimental Psychology of Maastricht University in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
School of Psychology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Maastricht University in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. This article presents the development of a theory- and evidence-based AIDS prevention program targeting Dutch drug users and aimed at promoting condom use. The emphasis is on the development of the program using a five-step intervention development protocol called intervention mapping (IM). Preceding Step 1 of the IM process, an assessment of the HIV problem among drug users was conducted. The product of IM Step 1 was a series of program objectives specifying what drug users should learn in order to use condoms consistently. In Step 2, theoretical methods for influencing the most important determinants were chosen and translated into practical strategies that fit the program objectives. The main strategy chosen was behavioral journalism. In Step 3, leaflets with role-model stories based on authentic interviews with drug users were developed and pilot tested. Finally, the need for cooperation with program users is discussed in IM Steps 4 and 5.
Key Words: intervention mapping program planning drug users HIV/AIDS
Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 4, No. 4,
402-412 (2003) This article has been cited by other articles:
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