| Ranking |
Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
The goal of the Safer Sex Skills Building intervention is to decrease unsafe sexual behaviors among heterosexually active women in drug treatment. To meet this goal, the intervention promotes condom use and teaches participants safe sex negotiation skills. Two female counselors deliver the five-session intervention to a small group of between three to eight women.
Techniques taught during the sessions include active problem solving, behavioral modeling, role-play rehearsal, interval practice, and troubleshooting. Counselors discuss topics such as: HIV prevention, treatment, transmission, testing, and counseling; personal risk assessment and awareness; skills for condom use, safety planning, and safer sex negotiation; and partner abuse risk assessment. |
| Goal / Mission |
The goal of the Safer Sex Skills Building intervention is to decrease unsafe sexual behaviors. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
At a six-month follow-up, authors report that participants who received the Safer Sex Skills Building intervention reported significantly less occasions of unprotected vaginal or anal sex when compared to participants in the HIV/STD education only comparison group (p<0.04). |
| Categories |
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Prevention & Safety
Health / Women's Health
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| Source |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Date of Publication |
2008 |
| Date of Implementation |
2004 |
| Location |
Country: USA |
| Primary Contact |
Susan Tross
Department of Psychiatry HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15
New York, NY 10032
(212) 543-5820
st130@columbia.edu
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/research/prs/reso...
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| For more details |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18645513
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| Target Audience |
Women |
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