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- Title
An Exploratory Behavioral Intervention Trial to Improve Rates of Screening for AIDS Clinical Trials Among Racial/Ethnic Minority and Female Persons Living with HIV/AIDS.
- Authors
Gwadz, Marya Viorst; Cylar, Keith; Leonard, Noelle R.; Riedel, Marion; Herzog, Nina; Arredondo, Gricel N.; Cleland, Charles M.; Aguirre, Michael; Marshak, Ann; Mildvan, Donna
- Abstract
Individuals from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds and women have not been proportionately represented in AIDS clinical trials (ACTs). There have been few intervention efforts to eliminate this health disparity. This paper reports on a brief behavioral intervention to increase rates of screening for ACTs in these groups. The study was exploratory and used a single-group pre/posttest design. A total of 580 persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) were recruited (39% female; 56% African-American, 32% Latino/Hispanic). The intervention was efficacious: 25% attended screening. We identified the primary junctures where PLHA are lost in the screening process. Both group intervention sessions and an individual contact were associated with screening. Findings provide preliminary support for the intervention’s efficacy and the utility of combining group and individual intervention formats. Interventions of greater duration and intensity, and which address multiple levels of influence (e.g., social, structural), may be needed to increase screening rates further.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR therapy; AIDS patients; CLINICAL trials; MEDICAL screening; AFRICAN Americans
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2010, Vol 14, Issue 3, p639
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-009-9539-9