HIV Prevention and Treatment Behavior Change and the Situated Information Motivation Behavioral Skills (sIMB) Model: A Qualitative Evaluation of a Community Health Worker Intervention in Rakai, Uganda

Rose Pollard, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Heidi E. Hutton, Jeremiah Mulamba, Ismail Mbabali, Aggrey Anok, Neema Nakyanjo, Larry W. Chang, K. Rivet Amico

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Abstract

A community health worker (CHW) model can promote HIV prevention and treatment behaviors, especially in highly mobile populations. In a fishing community in Rakai, Uganda, the Rakai Health Sciences Program implemented a CHW HIV intervention called Health Scouts. The situated Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills (sIMB) framework informed the design and a qualitative evaluation of the intervention. We interviewed 51 intervention clients and coded transcripts informed by sIMB framework dimensions. Clients reported that Health Scouts provided information about HIV prevention and treatment behaviors and helped them manage personal and social motivations to carry out health-promoting behavior. Prominent barriers which moved clients away from behavior change included daily pill burdens, anticipated stigma, serostatus disclosure, substance use at social gatherings, and anticipated reactions of partners. Our study adds to the evidence establishing CHWs as facilitators of behavior change, positioned to offer supportive encouragement and navigate contextualized circumstances.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)375-384
Number of pages10
JournalAIDS and behavior
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

Keywords

  • Behavioral intervention
  • Community health worker
  • HIV
  • Situated-Information Motivation Behavioral Model
  • Uganda

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Social Psychology

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