title: Affect management for HIV prevention with adolescents in therapeutic schools: the immediate impact of project balance.
abstract: Adolescents in therapeutic schools are at greater risk for HIV and other STIs than their peers due to earlier higher rates of sexual risk and difficulty managing strong emotions. HIV prevention programs that incorporate techniques for affect management (AM) during sexual situations may be beneficial. This paper determined the immediate impact of such an intervention, AM, compared to a standard, skills-based HIV prevention intervention and a general health promotion intervention (HP) for 377 youth, ages 13-19, in therapeutic schools in two cities. 1 month after the intervention, analyses that adjusted for the baseline scores found adolescents in AM were more likely to report condom use at last sex than those in HP (0.89 vs. 0.67, p = 0.02) and that their HIV knowledge was significantly greater. These data suggest that AM techniques might improve the impact of standard skills-based prevention programs for adolescents in therapeutic schools.
authors: Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, One Hoppin Street, Suite 204, Providence, RI, 02903, USA, lkbrown@lifespan.org.
authors: Larry K
authors: LK
authors: Brown
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Houck
authors: Geri
authors: G
authors: Donenberg
authors: Erin
authors: E
authors: Emerson
authors: Kelly
authors: K
authors: Donahue
authors: Jesse
authors: J
authors: Misbin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000342:Affective Symptoms; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012237:Rhode Island / Q000453:epidemiology; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012574:Schools; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
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