The Healthy Teen Girls project: comparison of health education and STD risk reduction intervention for incarcerated adolescent females

Health Educ Behav. 2011 Jun;38(3):241-50. doi: 10.1177/1090198110372332. Epub 2011 Mar 10.

Abstract

Adolescent girls incarcerated in a state reformatory (N = 246) were recruited and assigned to an 18-session health education program or a time-equivalent HIV prevention program. Cohorts were assigned to conditions using a randomized block design separated by a washout period to reduce contamination. Post intervention, girls in the HIV risk reduction program demonstrated the acquisition of risk-reduction behavioral skills and improved condom application skill. At a follow-up assessment approximately 9 months after release from the correctional facility, girls in both conditions reported fewer unprotected sexual intercourse occasions and less sex while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Condoms / standards
  • Condoms / statistics & numerical data
  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Female
  • Health Education / methods*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Prisoners / education*
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Unsafe Sex / prevention & control*