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Preliminary efficacy of a comprehensive HIV prevention intervention for abstinent adolescent girls: Pilot study findings
Author(s) -
MorrisonBeedy Dianne,
Carey Michael P.,
SeiboldSimpson Susan M.,
Xia Yinglin,
Tu Xin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20357
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , clinical psychology , randomized controlled trial , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , sexual behavior , medicine , psychiatry , family medicine , surgery
We developed and pilot‐tested a comprehensive HIV prevention/sexual risk reduction intervention with 54 sexually abstinent girls and estimated the effect of the intervention on three antecedents of sexual risk behavior: information, motivation, and behavioral skills. Girls ages 14–18 were randomized into either (a) an AbsPlus intervention or (b) a structurally equivalent control group. Assessments were obtained at baseline and 3 months follow‐up using audio computer assisted self‐interview. The intervention resulted in a large effect for information ( d = 1.11); small to large effects for the motivational measures ( d = .34–.88), and a moderate effect for a measure of behavioral skills ( d = .67). The results indicate that antecedents of sexual risk behavior change were improved by a gender‐specific theoretically guided intervention. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 32:569–581, 2009