title: Outcomes of a brief sexual health intervention for homeless youth.
abstract: Homeless youth face various health challenges. The effectiveness of a short intervention to promote sexual health in 572 homeless 16-23-year-olds (M = 19.467+1.89) was conducted using a quasi-experimental repeated measures design. Data collected at three time points (pre-intervention, immediately post-intervention and follow-up) via laptop computers were analyzed using multivariate general linear mixed models. A significant condition by time interaction was found for self-reported AIDS/STD knowledge; intervention participants had higher scores at first post-test. Females scored significantly higher on cognitive and behavioral outcomes while males reported significantly more sexual risk-taking behaviors. Findings support gender-specific interventions.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78701, USA. ellerew@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rew
authors.forename: Rachel T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Fouladi
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Land
authors.forename: Y Joel
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex; D012736:Sex Education; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013781:Texas; D014504:Urban Health