Effects And Generalizability Of Communally Oriented Hiv-aids Prevention Versus General Health Promotion Groups For Single, Inner-city Women In Urban Clinics

Effects And Generalizability Of Communally Oriented Hiv-aids Prevention Versus General Health Promotion Groups For Single, Inner-city Women In Urban Clinics

Hobfoll S E; Jackson A P; Lavin J; Johnson R J; Schroder K E E

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

2002

2002-08

A primary prevention, behavioral intervention designed to reduce HIV risk behavior was tested in a randomized, controlled trial with single, inner-city women. A total of 935 women were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: a small group, 6-session communally oriented HIV prevention intervention; a yoked general health promotion intervention control; or a standard care control. Both interventions involved the interactive use of videotapes by live group leaders. The HIV prevention intervention, in particular, resulted in significant positive effects on self-reported and behaviorally assessed safer-sex behavior. Women in the HIV prevention group showed reduced point prevalences of medically tested sexually transmitted diseases at follow-up in comparisons.

adolescents; african-american women; behavior; impact; infection; outcomes; Psychology; randomized controlled trial; risk-reduction interventions; sexual risk; united-states

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