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- Title
Evaluation of a Socio-cultural Intervention to Reduce Unprotected Sex for HIV Among African American/Black Women.
- Authors
Boekeloo, B.; Geiger, T.; Wang, M.; Ishman, N.; Quinton, S.; Allen, G.; Ali, B.; Snow, D.
- Abstract
African American/Black (Black) women suffer disproportionately to other women from HIV. An HIV prevention intervention combining two previous evidenced-based intervention programs; 'Coping with Work and Family Stress' and 'Hip Hop 2 Prevent Substance Abuse and HIV', was evaluated in a diverse sample of Black women ( n = 205). Study participants at ten recruitment sites were assigned non-randomly to either the intervention or comparison group and then surveyed at baseline, immediate posttest, and 6-month follow-up. General Estimating Equation modeling revealed that participants in the comparison group reported less unprotected sex at immediate post-test and the intervention group less unprotected sex at 6-month follow-up. Despite the initial drop in reported unprotected sex in the comparison group, this study suggests that an HIV risk reduction intervention tailored to address Black women's socio-cultural stress and enhance their coping may reduce their unprotected sex at 6-months.
- Subjects
HIV prevention; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; EXPERIMENTAL design; HEALTH promotion; HIV infections; PSYCHOLOGY of Black people; UNSAFE sex
- Publication
AIDS & Behavior, 2015, Vol 19, Issue 10, p1752
- ISSN
1090-7165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10461-015-1004-3