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A Mass Media Campaign to Increase Condom Use Among High Sensation-Seeking and Impulsive Decision-Making Young Adults

A Mass Media Campaign to Increase Condom Use Among High Sensation-Seeking and Impulsive Decision-Making Young Adults

A mass media campaign to increase condom use among high sensation-seeking and impulsive decision-making young adults
Philip C. PalmgreenSeth M. NoarRick S. Zimmerman

Authors’ Note: Preparation of this chapter was funded in part by grant R01-MH63705 from the National Institute of Mental Health (Principal Investigator: Rick S. Zimmerman).

HIV prevention intervention research over the past 15 years has begun to show impressive results. A number of programs have produced delay of onset of sexual initiation (Coyle, Kirby, Marin, Gomez, & Gregorich, 2004; Zimmerman, Cupp, Donohew, Sionean, Feist-Price, & Helme, 2008), while other programs have led to significant increases in condom use in populations including heterosexually active individuals (Albarracin, Gillette, Earl, ...

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