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Direct linkGesselman, Amanda N.; Ryan, Rebecca; Yarber, William L.; Vanterpool, Karen B.; Beavers, Karly A.; Francis, Heather; Grant, Brandon T.; Wood, Katherine; Graham, Cynthia A.; Milhausen, Robin; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Crosby, Richard A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Dual use of male condoms and female contraceptives is widely advocated for unplanned pregnancy prevention, yet college students often neglect condoms. This feasibility and acceptability study assessed the efficacy of a self-guided home-based condom-promotion intervention among college students in heterosexual relationships.…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Prevention, Pregnancy
Crosby, Richard; Skakoon-Sparling, Shayna; Milhausen, Robin R.; Sanders, Stephanie; Graham, Cynthia A.; Yarber, William L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Young Black men (YBM) experience disparities in both HIV incidence and incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs); thus, developing efficacious behavioral interventions is an especially critical goal. One potential avenue for intervention involves improving sexual health communications among YBM and their partners, before sex…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Clinics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Yarber, William L.; Milhausen, Robin R.; Beavers, Karly A.; Ryan, Rebecca; Sullivan, Margaret J.; Vanterpool, Karen B.; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Graham, Cynthia A.; Crosby, Richard A. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: To conduct a pilot test of a brief, self-guided, home-based program designed to improve male condom use attitudes and behaviors among young women. Participants: Women aged 18-24 years from a large Midwestern University reporting having had penile-vaginal sex with two or more partners in the past 3 months. Sixty-seven enrolled; 91.0%…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Males, Females, Health Behavior
Crosby, Richard A.; Milhausen, Robin R.; Graham, Cynthia A.; Yarber, William L.; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Charnigo, Richard; Shrier, Lydia A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Objective: To determine the event-level associations between perceived risk of sexually transmitted disease (STD) acquisition/transmission and condom use during penile-vaginal intercourse (PVI) among STD clinic attendees. Method: A convenience sample (N = 622) completed daily electronic assessments. Two questions were proxies of perceived risk:…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior, Prevention, Clinics
Emetu, Roberta E.; Marshall, Alexandra; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Yarber, William L.; Milhausen, Robin R.; Crosby, Richard A.; Graham, Cynthia A. – Journal of American College Health, 2014
Objective: This pilot study tested the efficacy of a brief, novel, theory-driven, self-guided, home-based intervention designed to promote condom use among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Participants: Thirty YMSM were recruited from a large public US midwestern university during spring of 2012. Methods: The intervention was tested using a…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Prevention, Males, Homosexuality
Download full textYarber, William L.; Graham, Cynthia A.; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Crosby, Richard A.; Butler, Scott M.; Hartzell, Rose M. – American Journal of Health Education, 2007
Background: Although quantitative assessment of male condom use errors and problems has received increased research attention, few studies have qualitatively examined this sexual health behavior. Purpose: This study examined problems of male condom use as experienced by college men and women at a large, public Midwestern university. Methods:…
Descriptors: Health Education, Females, Focus Groups, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Peer reviewedYarber, William L. – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1974
Descriptors: Hygiene, Prevention, School Health Services, Sex Education
Peer reviewedKroger, Fred; Yarber, William L. – Journal of School Health, 1984
The worth assessment procedure was used to evaluate secondary education textbooks for information on sexually transmitted diseases. It was found that sex education textbooks are more likely to contribute to sexually transmitted disease control objectives than health science textbooks. This article relates the details of the procedure and its…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Health Education, Secondary Education, Sex Education
Peer reviewedYarber, William L.; Kaplan, Robert – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1979
Students reporting sexually transmissible diseases apparently had no greater psychological difficulties or deviations than other college students. (JD)
Descriptors: College Students, Personality Assessment, Personality Theories, Self Concept
Peer reviewedGrosby, Richard; Yarber, William L.; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Graham, Cynthia A. – Journal of American College Health, 2005
In addition to consistent use, condoms must be used correctly. The purpose of this study was to identify prevalence and types of condom-associated discomfort among university students, the outcomes of this discomfort, and the role of discomfort in condom breakage. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 206 students attending a private university…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, College Students, Sexuality, Health Behavior
Yarber, William L. – 2003
This curriculum represents the current approach to prevention education about sexually transmitted diseases (STD) for students in grades 7-12, combining health messages about STD, including HIV/AIDS, into one curriculum. The instructor's guide discusses adolescents' need for STD/HIV prevention education; presents information about the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Comprehensive School Health Education, Condoms, Secondary Education
Yarber, William L. – 2003
This student workbook describes a prevention education curriculum about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV/AIDS, discussing: "Why Learn About STD/HIV?"; "Objectives"; "Self-Test: Discovering What I Know - 1"; Self-Test: Discovering What I Believe - 1"; "STD/HIV Fact #1: The STD/HIV…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Comprehensive School Health Education, Resistance to Temptation, Secondary Education
Yarber, William L.; And Others – 1986
This project sought to determine the efficacy of the recently published Centers for Disease Control (CDC) sponsored sexually transmitted diseases (STD) curriculum, "STD: A Guide for Today's Young Adults." Six school districts (rural, suburban and urban) with a participating population of 1,114 students, cooperated with the study. One group of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disease Control, Health Education
Peer reviewedYarber, William L. – Science Teacher, 1978
Describes the characteristics and treatments of the most prevalent sexually transmissable diseases in the United States. Advocates a junior high-senior high health education program to cope with the diseases. (CP)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Health Education, High Schools, Instruction
Dodge, Brian; Sandfort, Theo G. M.; Yarber, William L.; de Wit, John – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objectives: To assess differences in sexual health behaviors, outcomes, and potential sociocultural determinants among male college students in the United States and the Netherlands. Methods: Survey data were collected from random samples of students from both national cultures. Results: American men were more likely to report inadequate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, College Students, Pregnancy
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