Development and feasibility of an HIV and IPV prevention intervention among low-income mothers receiving services in a Missouri Day Care Center.
This article outlines the development and feasibility of an HIV and IPV prevention intervention. Researchers formed a partnership with a group of women representative of the population that the intervention was intended to reach using methods derived from participatory action research. The use of health protective behaviors changed from pre- to postintervention in the clinically desirable direction. Results indicated that intervention delivery was feasible in the novel setting of a large urban day care center. This intervention has promise as a strategy to reduce HIV among low-income women; however, a controlled study is indicated to further examine intervention efficacy.
Enriquez
Maithe
M
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2464 Charlotte Street,Health Sciences Building Rm. 2406, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA. enriquezm@umkc.edu
Cheng
An-Lin
AL
Kelly
Patricia J
PJ
Witt
Jacki
J
Coker
Angela D
AD
Kashubeck-West
Susan
S
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D003153:Community Health Services; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D009035:Mothers; D010358:Patient Participation; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult