A study of short video health education intervention on HIV/AIDS for middle-aged and elderly men based on protection motivation theory
Objective To conduct HIV/AIDS short video health education interventions for middle-aged and elderly men based on protection motivation theory(PMT),and to evaluate its effectiveness and explore efficient health education models.Methods A total of 203 middle-aged and elderly male community residents were randomly divided into a control group(73 individuals),a PM(protection motivation)routine group(61 individuals),and a warning group(69 individuals)for a one-month AIDS short video health education intervention.The control group received general health education;the PM routine group received AIDS health education based on the control group,including five dimensions of PMT:behavior efficacy,behavior cost,self-efficacy,AIDS-related services,and social support;the warning group added four dimensions of warning education to the PM routine group,including severity,susceptibility,internal rewards,and external rewards.Face-to-face interview-style questionnaires were conducted before and after the intervention.SPSS 26.0 software was used for statistical analysis.Results After the intervention,a total of 184 participants(90.6%)were followed up,while 19 participants(9.4%)were lost to follow-up,all of whom were randomly lost.Among them,70 individuals(70/73,95.9%)were followed up in the control group,54 individuals(54/61,88.5%)in the PM routine group,and 60 individuals(60/69,87.0%)in the warning group.There were no statistically significant differences in age,household registration,education level,marital status,and living conditions before and after the intervention in each group(P>0.05),ensuring comparability.After the intervention,the warning group had a higher HIV knowledge awareness rate(90.0%)than the control group(67.1%)(P<0.05).The PM routine group(88.9%)and the warning group(90.0%)both had higher willingness to undergo HIV testing than the control group(68.6%)(P<0.05).The warning group had a lower level of HIV discrimination[2.6(2.2,3.1)]compared to the control group[2.8(2.2,3.3)](P<0.05)and the warning group had a higher level of HIV prevention protection motivation[57.5(53.3,61.7)]than the control group[54.2(49.2,60.8)](P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of non-marital sexual behavior in the last month among the three groups(P>0.05).Conclusions The short video health education for middle-aged and elderly men based on PMT can effectively improve knowledge awareness of HIV/AIDS and willingness to undergo HIV testing,reduce AIDS discrimination,and enhance AIDS prevention protection motivation.
protection motivation theory(PMT)middle-aged and elderly menAIDSshort videocommunity intervention