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Almost of HIV/AIDS cases in Taiwan occur in the age range of 20 to 29 yrs. Many of the reported cases are in the college-age and infection might have occurred through unprotected sexual behaviors. This study was to identify the effectiveness of a video-based intervention has important implications for health provider to plan evidence-based address the specific needs of college students.The research design of this study was based on TranstheoreticalModel (TTM). In addition, through an experimental design with groups: (i) to evaluate the effectiveness of a video-based intervention on the TTM stages of change,condom use self-efficacy, perceived benefits of and barriers to condom use by Taiwanese college students and (ii) to explore the factors affecting the TTM constructs for condom use. Overall, students have higher score in the pretest HIV knowledge scale, pretest self-efficacy scale and perceived benefits scale than the posttest. The score in perceived barriers scale of condom use also reduced after receiving intervention. This result shows that the videos and health education intervention can be effective in changing the college's intention to use condoms.
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