Project ORE: A friendship-based intervention to prevent HIV/STI in urban African American adolescent females.
There is an urgent need for continued innovation in the design of HIV/STI prevention interventions for African American females, a group at high risk for STIs and HIV. In particular, attention to social development and to culture is needed. The present study reports on a group randomized controlled trial of a friendship-based HIV/STI prevention intervention delivered at community-based centers in four San Francisco neighborhoods (n = 2, experimental; n = 2, control). This brief program focuses on youth and their friendship group (N = 264). Program outcomes vary by age at 3-month follow-up, evidencing decreases in risky sex in the oldest group (p < or = .05), decreases in multiple partners in the middle age group (p < or = .05), and increases in HIV testing in the youngest group (p = .05). Findings extend recent work on the efficacy of interventions to reduce sexual risk for racial and ethnic minority youth.
Dolcini
M Margaret
MM
Oregon State University, Corvallis, 97331-6406, USA. peggy.dolcini@oregonstate.edu
Harper
Gary W
GW
Boyer
Cherrie B
CB
Pollack
Lance M
LM
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D012067:Religion; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014505:Urban Population