title: Psychosocial Outcomes of Sexual Risk Reduction in a Brief Intervention for Urban African American Female Adolescents.
abstract: This article describes psychosocial outcomes of a group randomized controlled trial of a friendship-based HIV/STI prevention intervention grounded in the AIDS Risk Reduction Model (ARRM). A total of 264 African American adolescent females were randomized to a single-session Project ÒRÉ HIV/STI prevention intervention or a nutrition/exercise health promotion intervention with their friendship group. At posttest, Project ÒRÉ participants scored higher on knowledge of HIV/STI prevention and protection (p < .01), knowledge of living with HIV/STI (p < .01), perceived HIV risk (p < .05), perceived STI risk (p < .01), and intentions to use condoms for vaginal sex (p < .05). Findings suggest that a brief friendship-based HIV/STI prevention intervention for youth can impact ARRM factors that increase the ability to recognize and label risky sexual behaviors as problematic and promote commitment to changing high-risk behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Harder+Company Community Research, San Francisco, CA, United States.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bangi
authors.forename: M Margaret
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Dolcini
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Cherrie B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Lance M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pollack
keywords: AIDS Risk Reduction Model; African Americans; HIV/STI prevention; adolescents
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