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Information-motivation-behavioral skills model-based HIV risk behavior change intervention for inner-city high school youth.

TitleInformation-motivation-behavioral skills model-based HIV risk behavior change intervention for inner-city high school youth.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsFisher, Jeffrey D., William A. Fisher, Angela D. Bryan, and Stephen J. Misovich
JournalHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Volume21
Issue2
Pagination177-86
Date Published2002 Mar
ISSN0278-6133
KeywordsAdolescent, 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
AbstractThis 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 JournalHealth Psychol

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