title: Preliminary efficacy of a comprehensive HIV prevention intervention for abstinent adolescent girls: pilot study findings.
abstract: We developed and pilot-tested a comprehensive HIV prevention/sexual risk reduction intervention with 54 sexually abstinent girls and estimated the effect of the intervention on three antecedents of sexual risk behavior: information, motivation, and behavioral skills. Girls ages 14-18 were randomized into either (a) an AbsPlus intervention or (b) a structurally equivalent control group. Assessments were obtained at baseline and 3 months follow-up using audio computer assisted self-interview. The intervention resulted in a large effect for information (d = 1.11); small to large effects for the motivational measures (d = .34-.88), and a moderate effect for a measure of behavioral skills (d = .67). The results indicate that antecedents of sexual risk behavior change were improved by a gender-specific theoretically guided intervention.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Ave., Box SON, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morrison-Beedy
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Seibold-Simpson
authors.forename: Yinglin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012746:Sexual Abstinence