title: Two-year follow-up of AIDS education programs for impoverished women.
abstract: The long-term effects of two culturally competent AIDS education programs with different content on the risk behavior and AIDS-related knowledge of 410 homeless African American women 2 years after program completion were examined. Participants were members of a larger cohort of impoverished African American and Latina women recruited in Los Angeles from 1989 to 1991. Of a subsample of 527 African American women selected randomly for a 2-year follow-up interview, 410 (78%) were located and agreed to participate. Women participating in both AIDS education programs reported reduced HIV risk behaviors and demonstrated greatly improved AIDS knowledge at 2-year follow-up (p < .001). Women in a specialized program were less likely than those in a traditional program to report noninjection drug use at 2 years. Women in the traditional program had significantly better AIDS knowledge at follow-up (p < .001). These findings suggest that educational programs can produce sustained benefits among impoverished women.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. anyamath@sonnet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nyamathi
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kington
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flaskerud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leake
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gelberg
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*