Video Intervention to Increase Perceived Self-Efficacy for Condom Use in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Female Adolescents.

STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of the Seventeen Days interactive video on young women's perceived self-efficacy for using condoms 6 months after being offered the intervention, relative to a control. DESIGN:Multisite randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Twenty participating health clinics and county health departments in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. PARTICIPANTS:Sexually active female adolescents ages 14 to 19 years. INTERVENTIONS:Seventeen Days (treatment intervention; sex education) vs Driving Skills for Life (control intervention; driving education). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Perceived self-efficacy for condom use. RESULTS:Participants in the Seventeen Days group reported higher perceived condom acquisition self-efficacy after 6 months than those in the driving group. This finding held after controlling for baseline self-efficacy scores and other covariates. CONCLUSION:The Seventeen Days program shows promise to improve perceived self-efficacy to acquire condoms among sexually active female adolescents-an important precursor to behavior change.