| Title | Information-motivation-behavioral skills model-based HIV risk behavior change intervention for inner-city high school youth. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Fisher, Jeffrey D., William A. Fisher, Angela D. Bryan, and Stephen J. Misovich |
| Journal | Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 177-86 |
| Date Published | 2002 Mar |
| ISSN | 0278-6133 |
| Keywords | Adolescent, Adult, Connecticut, Female, Health Education, HIV Infections, Humans, Male, Models, Educational, Motivation, Peer Group, Poverty Areas, Regression Analysis, Risk-Taking, Safe Sex, School Health Services |
| 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. |
| Alternate Journal | Health Psychol |
