Information-motivation-behavioral skills model-based HIV risk behavior change intervention for inner-city high school youth. |
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Authors: | Jeffrey D Fisher William A Fisher Angela D Bryan Stephen J Misovich |
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Institution: | Center for HIV Intervention and Prevention, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-1020, USA. jfisher@uconnvm.uconn.edu |
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Abstract: | This study assessed the effects of 3 theoretically grounded, school-based HIV prevention interventions on inner-city minority high school students' levels of HIV prevention information, motivation, behavioral skills, and behavior. It involved a quasi-experimental controlled trial comparing classroom-based, peer-based, and combined classroom- and peer-based HIV prevention interventions with a standard-of-care control condition in 4 urban high schools (N = 1,532, primarily 9th-grade students). At 12 months postintervention, the classroom-based intervention resulted in sustained changes in HIV prevention behavior. This article discusses why both of the interventions involving peers were less effective than the classroom-based intervention at the 12-month follow-up and, more generally, suggests a set of possible limiting conditions for the efficacy of peer-based interventions. |
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