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B. Boekeloo, T. Geiger, M. Wang, N. Ishman, and et al (2015)

Evaluation of a socio-cultural intervention to reduce unprotected sex for HIV among African American/Black women.

AIDS and Behavior, 19(10):1752-62.

African American/Black (Black) women suffer disproportionately to other women from HIV. An HIV prevention intervention combining two previous evidenced-based intervention programs; "Coping with Work and Family Stress" and "Hip Hop 2 Prevent Substance Abuse and HIV", was evaluated in a diverse sample of Black women (n = 205). Study participants at ten recruitment sites were assigned non-randomly to either the intervention or comparison group and then surveyed at baseline, immediate posttest, and 6-month follow-up. General Estimating Equation modeling revealed that participants in the comparison group reported less unprotected sex at immediate post-test and the intervention group less unprotected sex at 6-month follow-up. Despite the initial drop in reported unprotected sex in the comparison group, this study suggests that an HIV risk reduction intervention tailored to address Black women's socio-cultural stress and enhance their coping may reduce their unprotected sex at 6-months.

Coping; HIV prevention, Intervention, Women, African American, Stress, Sexual behaviors
PMID: 25645327
 

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