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Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
This HIV/STD prevention intervention was designed to be culturally and developmentally appropriate for inner-city African American and Latino adolescent girls. The program included three treatment groups: an information based intervention, a skill based intervention, and a health-promotion control intervention. The information based HIV/STD intervention provided education and information to reduce sexual risk. The skill based HIV/STED intervention provided information and taught skills necessary to practice and negotiate condom use using activities and role playing. The health-promotion control intervention concerned health issues unrelated to sexual behavior. Each intervention involved 250 minutes of group discussions, videotapes, games, and experiential exercises implemented in a single session with 2 to 10 participants. The intervention occurred in an adolescent medicine clinic. |
| Goal / Mission |
The goal of this intervention was to reduce self-reported unprotected sexual intercourse among African American and Latino adolescent girls. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
No differences between the information intervention and the health control intervention were statistically significant. Skills-intervention participants reported less unprotected sexual intercourse at the 12-month follow-up than did information-intervention participants (p=0.03), or health control-intervention participants (p=0.002). At the 12- month follow-up, skills-intervention participants reported fewer sexual partners compared with health control-intervention participants (p=0.04) and were less likely to test positive for STD than were health control-intervention participants (p=0.05). |
| Categories |
Health / Teen & Adolescent Health
Health / Family Planning
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| Organization(s) |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Source |
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine |
| Date of Publication |
2005 |
| Geographic Type |
Urban |
| Location |
City: Philadelphia |
| Primary Contact |
John B. Jemmott III, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Annenberg School for Communication
Center for Health Behavior and Communication Research
3535 Market St, Suite 520
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309
jjemmott@asc.upenn.edu
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| For more details |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15867118
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| Target Audience |
Teens, Women, Racial / Ethnic Minorities |
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