Elizabeth A Stormshak, Laura Lee McIntyre, S Andrew Garbacz, Derek B Kosty
Family-centered prevention to enhance parenting skills during the transition to elementary school: A randomized trial
Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)
risk perception core construct many behaviour change theories public health individuals believe risk acquiring illness may likely engage behaviours reduce risk feel risk may unlikely engage risk reduction behaviours among participants seroconverted two femprep sites bondo kenya pretoria south africa explored perceived hiv risk worry acquiring hiv prior hiv infection femprep phase iii clinical trial oncedaily oral emtricitabine tenofovir disoproxil fumarate hiv prevention among women subsaharan africa asked participants perceived hiv risk next four weeks prior hiv testing quantitative facetoface interview enrolment quarterly followup visits among participants seroconverted calculated frequencies responses visit conducted closest hiv acquisition also among women seroconverted conducted qualitative semistructured interviews ssis weeks 1 4 8 participants hiv diagnosis visit retrospectively explore feelings hiv worry applied thematic analysis used analyse ssi data among participants seroconverted bondo pretoria 52 reported quantitative interview chance acquiring hiv next four weeks identified four processes risk rationalization ssi narratives protective behaviour participants described least one risk reduction behaviour used reduce hiv risk actions made feel vulnerable hiv therefore worry acquiring virus protective reasoning participants considered hiv risk rationalized based certain events beliefs vulnerable therefore worry getting hiv recognition vulnerability participants described reasons worried getting hiv said limited action taken reduce perceived vulnerability participants rationalization action describe hiv worry engage hiv risk reduction behaviours women substantial risk acquiring hiv may underestimate actual risk yet others accurately understand hiv risk may unable act concerns perceived hiv risk risk rationalization important concepts explore risk reduction counselling increase use hiv prevention strategies among women risk hiv