ArticleAIDS and behavior2011
Long term effects of community-based STI screening and mass media HIV prevention messages on sexual risk behaviors of African American adolescents.
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- Moving forward together: collaborative strategies in HIV prevention across Africa - a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among adolescent girls and young women in Mali: analysis of prevalence and predictors.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Patterns of sexual behaviour associated with repeated chlamydia testing and infection in men and women: a latent class analysis.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among sexually active men in Ghana.BMC public health · 2021Article
- A multi-country cross-sectional study of self-reported sexually transmitted infections among sexually active men in sub-Saharan Africa.BMC public health · 2020Article
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- Feasibility of a Computer-Based Intervention Addressing Barriers to HIV Testing Among Young Patients Who Decline Tests at Triage.Journal of health communication · 2016Article
- Maternal models of risk: links between substance use and risky sexual behavior in African American female caregivers and daughters.Journal of adolescence · 2012Article
- Pediatric emergency department provider perceptions of universal sexually transmitted infection screening.Advanced emergency nursing journalArticle
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Abstract
We examined the long-term effects of two interventions designed to reduce sexual risk behavior among African American adolescents. African American adolescents (N = 1383, ages 14-17) were recruited from community-based organizations over a period of 16 months in two northeastern and two southeastern mid-sized U.S. cities with high rates of sexually transmitted infection (STI). Participants were screened for three STIs (gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis) and completed an audio computer-assisted attitude, intention, and behavior self-interview. Youth who tested positive for an STI (8.3%) received treatment and risk reduction counseling. In addition, television and radio HIV-prevention messages were delivered during the recruitment period and 18 months of follow-up in one randomly selected city in each region. Analyses determined effects of the media program for those receiving a positive versus negative STI test result on number of sexual partners and occurrence of unprotected sex. Adolescents who tested STI-positive reduced their number of vaginal sex partners and the probability of unprotected sex over the first 6 months. However, in the absence of the mass media program, adolescents returned to their previously high levels of sexual risk behavior after 6 months. Adolescents who tested STI-positive and received the mass media program showed more stable reductions in unprotected sex. Community-based STI treatment and counseling can achieve significant, but short-lived reductions in sexual risk behavior among STI-positive youth. A culturally sensitive mass media program has the potential to achieve more stable reductions in sexual risk behavior and can help to optimize the effects of community-based STI screening.
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