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African American Adolescent Females: Mother-Involved HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention.

ABSTRACT: African American adolescent females continue to be at disproportionate high risk for HIV infection. A repeated measures quasi-experimental comparison group design compared an HIV risk-reduction intervention delivered by mothers with an HIV risk-reduction intervention delivered by health professionals and with a health promotion intervention delivered by mothers. The three interventions were randomly assigned to one of three geographical distinct sites. A convenience sample of 553 low-income African American adolescent girls with a baseline age of 11 to 14 years participated in the study. The results revealed that over a 6-month period, compared to girls in the health promotion intervention, the girls in the HIV risk-reduction interventions had significant higher scores on HIV transmission knowledge, condom attitudes, and self-efficacy to use condoms. The implication is mothers who receive appropriate training may be able to deliver HIV risk reduction to their daughters as well as health professionals.

SUBMITTER: Dancy BL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2808039 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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African American Adolescent Females: Mother-Involved HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention.

Dancy Barbara L BL Hsieh Yu-Li YL Crittenden Kathleen S KS Kennedy Arlisha A Spencer Bernel B Ashford Daniell D

Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services 20090701 3

African American adolescent females continue to be at disproportionate high risk for HIV infection. A repeated measures quasi-experimental comparison group design compared an HIV risk-reduction intervention delivered by mothers with an HIV risk-reduction intervention delivered by health professionals and with a health promotion intervention delivered by mothers. The three interventions were randomly assigned to one of three geographical distinct sites. A convenience sample of 553 low-income Afri ...[more]

PMID: 20090855

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