A brief, low-cost, theory-based intervention to promote dual method use by black and Latina female adolescents: a randomized clinical trial.
HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects young women of color. Young women who use hormonal contraception are less likely to use condoms. Brief, inexpensive HIV-prevention interventions are needed for high-volume clinics. This study was a randomized clinical trial of two interventions: (a) a video made for this study and (b) an adaptation of Project RESPECT counseling. Four hundred Black and Latina teenage women completed a questionnaire about their sexual behaviors and were randomly assigned to (a) see the video, (b) get counseling, (c) see the video and get counseling, or (d) receive usual care. At 3-month follow-up, those who saw the video and received counseling were 2.5 times more likely to have used a condom at last intercourse with their main partner than teens in the usual care group. These differences did not persist at 12-month follow-up. This suggests that a brief intervention can positively affect condom use in the short term.
Roye
Carol
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Hunter College, New York, New York, USA. carolroye@yahoo.com
Perlmutter Silverman
Paula
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Krauss
Beatrice
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D003267:Contraception; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D012725:Sexual Behavior