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Glowacka M, Yardley L, Stone N, et al. Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of the Homework Intervention Strategy (eHIS) Program to Enhance Male Condom Use: Research Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018;7(1):e1doi: 10.2196/resprot.7937.
Glowacka, M., Yardley, L., Stone, N., & Graham, C. A. (2018). Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of the Homework Intervention Strategy (eHIS) Program to Enhance Male Condom Use: Research Protocol. JMIR research protocols, 7(1), e1. https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.7937
Glowacka, Marta, et al. "Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of the Homework Intervention Strategy (eHIS) Program to Enhance Male Condom Use: Research Protocol." JMIR research protocols vol. 7,1 (2018): e1. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.7937
Glowacka M, Yardley L, Stone N, Graham CA. Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of the Homework Intervention Strategy (eHIS) Program to Enhance Male Condom Use: Research Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Jan 02;7(1):e1. doi: 10.2196/resprot.7937. PMID: 29295809; PMCID: PMC5770577.
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JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Jan 02;7(1):e1. doi: 10.2196/resprot.7937.

Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of the Homework Intervention Strategy (eHIS) Program to Enhance Male Condom Use: Research Protocol.

JMIR research protocols

Marta Glowacka, Lucy Yardley, Nicole Stone, Cynthia A Graham

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.

PMID: 29295809 PMCID: PMC5770577 DOI: 10.2196/resprot.7937

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although condoms are effective in reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy, they are still often not used consistently and correctly. Negative impact on sensation and pleasure, ruining the mood, causing problems with maintaining erection, and condom slippage or breakage are some of the reasons given by men explaining why they do not want to use condoms. Although many interventions promoting condom use exist, some of them delivered online are complex and time- and resource-intensive. The Homework Intervention Strategy (eHIS) program, adapted from the existing face-to-face Kinsey Institute Homework Intervention Strategy (KIHIS) program, aims to address these issues by encouraging men to focus on sensation and pleasure when trying different types of condoms and lubricants in a low-pressure situation (on their own, without a partner present).

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study are to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and users' engagement with the eHIS program, its preliminary effectiveness in increasing condom use frequency and consistency, as well as the feasibility of the program's evaluation approach, including choice of measures and participant recruitment and retaining strategies (primary outcomes). Secondary outcomes include condom use experience, condom use attitudes, condom use self-efficacy, condom use errors and problems, and condom fit-and-feel. All of these will be analyzed in the context of participants' demographics, sexual history, and previous condom use.

METHODS: The study has a pre-post-test, within-subjects design. Men aged 18 to 69 and living in the United Kingdom are recruited through posters, leaflets, social media, and emails. Study participants are asked to complete T1 (baseline) measures before entering the eHIS website. After completing the T1 measures, they can order a free condoms and lubricants kit and have access to the eHIS website for 4 weeks. During that time they are asked to practice using different types of condoms and lubricants on their own in a no-pressure situation. Following T1, participants are asked to complete the T2 and T3 measures at 4 and 10 weeks, respectively.

RESULTS: Data collection for the study is completed. Data analysis is in progress and is expected to be completed by February 2018.

CONCLUSIONS: This brief, home-based, self-guided program may lead to increased consistent and correct condom use. Online delivery can make the program an easily accessible and low-cost health promotion intervention, which has the potential to reach a wide and diverse audience. If results of the current study show the program's feasibility and preliminary effectiveness in changing condom use related outcomes, a larger scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: Research Registry: researchregistry2325; http://www.researchregistry.com/browse-the-registry.html# home/registrationdetails/58da6cad1d7ab0314337d076/ (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6vXs6S9XW).

©Marta Glowacka, Lucy Yardley, Nicole Stone, Cynthia A Graham. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 02.01.2018.

Keywords: behavior modification; condoms; eHealth; health psychology; pleasure; risk reduction behavior; sexual behavior; telemedicine

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