title: African American Adolescent Females: Mother-Involved HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention.
abstract: African American adolescent females continue to be at disproportionate high risk for HIV infection. A repeated measures quasi-experimental comparison group design compared an HIV risk-reduction intervention delivered by mothers with an HIV risk-reduction intervention delivered by health professionals and with a health promotion intervention delivered by mothers. The three interventions were randomly assigned to one of three geographical distinct sites. A convenience sample of 553 low-income African American adolescent girls with a baseline age of 11 to 14 years participated in the study. The results revealed that over a 6-month period, compared to girls in the health promotion intervention, the girls in the HIV risk-reduction interventions had significant higher scores on HIV transmission knowledge, condom attitudes, and self-efficacy to use condoms. The implication is mothers who receive appropriate training may be able to deliver HIV risk reduction to their daughters as well as health professionals.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Dancy
authors.forename: Yu-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Kathleen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Crittenden
authors.forename: Arlisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Bernel
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Daniell
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ashford