title: What Would Your Journal Say if It Could Talk Back? Using Dialogue Journals as a Technique in Adolescent HIV/STI Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion Programs.
abstract: Dialogue journaling is a technique that is useful for enhancing the goals of sexual health promotion and HIV/STI prevention programs with 14 to 17 year old at-risk youth. Included is a detailed lesson plan on how to implement dialogue journaling in this context; a discussion of advantages and concerns about using them; and future implications for its use.
authors.affiliation: Director of Program Development and Implementation and a Facilitator for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Preventive Intervention Research Center for Child Health (PIRC).
authors.forename: Jamie Heather
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sclafane
keywords: HIV/STI prevention; adolescents; dialogue journal; diary; facilitation strategy; interactive journal; sexual health education; sexuality