Trial reportJournal of women's health (2002)2010
Three city feasibility study of a body empowerment and HIV prevention intervention among women with drug use histories: Women FIT.
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- What is the added value of incorporating pleasure in sexual health interventions? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of sexual health interventions for adults: narrative evidence.Journal of sex research · 2015Pooled it
- HIV prevention interventions to reduce racial disparities in the United States: a systematic review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2012Pooled it
- Basic body knowledge in street-recruited, active drug-using women enrolled in a "body empowerment" intervention trial.AIDS care · 2013Trial
- What is the volume, diversity and nature of recent, robust evidence for the use of peer support in health and social care? An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- A Theory-based Didactic Offering Physicians a Method for Learning and Teaching Others About Human Trafficking.AEM education and training · 2018Article
- Active Drug-Using Women Use Female-Initiated Barrier Methods to Reduce HIV/STI Risk: Results from a Randomized Trial.ISRN Addiction · 2013Article
- Prevalence and correlates of female condom use and interest among injection drug-using female sex workers in two Mexico-US border cities.AIDS and behavior · 2012Article
- Dual HIV risk and vulnerabilities among women who use or inject drugs: no single prevention strategy is the answer.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2012Review
- Prevention interventions for human immunodeficiency virus in drug-using women with a history of partner violence.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2012Article
- Veiled Truths: Iranian Women and Risky Sexual Behavior in the Context of Substance Use.Journal of reproduction & infertilityArticle
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Abstract
backgroundNew intervention models are needed for HIV prevention among drug-using women.
methodsThe Women Fighting Infection Together (Women FIT) feasibility study enrolled 189 women in three U.S. cities (Providence, New York, Philadelphia) with drug-using histories, who also reported risky sexual behavior. Eligible women had participated previously in a yearlong study of HIV Counseling and Testing (HIV-CT) and limited case management. Two thirds of the sample were black, most were unemployed, and about two thirds reported prior or current crack use. Women were randomized into two groups. In one group, women participated in a manualized, four-session, peer-led, interactive group intervention that stressed body knowledge, woman-initiated HIV/sexually transmitted infection (HIV/STI) prevention, including a focus on women's health (reproductive health screening, sexual violence, self-breast examination, STI signs, symptoms), which aimed to increase comfort with and pride in their bodies. Control group women received HIV-CT enriched by female condom counseling. Outcomes included study retention, session attendance and ratings, changes in knowledge, and use of protection methods.
resultsThe study successfully retained 95% of the participants for a 2-month follow-up. Positive assessments from participants and peer leaders exceeded preset thresholds for success. Pre-post changes in body knowledge (p < 0.0001) and protection methods knowledge (p < 0.01) was greater among the intervention women than the control women.
conclusionsThe body empowerment model deserves further elaboration in interventions focusing on women at high risk of HIV/STI acquisition.
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