Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2018
HIV-risk reduction intervention for juvenile offenders on probation: The PHAT Life group randomized controlled trial.
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The trial behind it
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PHAT Life: Preventing HIV/AIDS Among Teens in Juvenile Justice
PHAT Life: Peer Versus Adult-Led HIV Prevention for Juvenile Offenders
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health-promotion interventions targeting multiple behaviors: A meta-analytic review of general and behavior-specific processes of change.Psychological bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Complex solutions for a complex problem: A meta-analysis of the efficacy of multiple-behavior interventions on change in outcomes related to HIV.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2021Pooled it
- Changes in externalizing and internalizing symptoms among African American female adolescents over 1 year following a mother-daughter sexual health intervention.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- A Two-Week Psychosocial Intervention Reduces Future Aggression and Incarceration in Clinically Aggressive Juvenile Offenders.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2017Trial
- Preparing for Dissemination and Scale up of a Sexual Health Intervention for Justice-Involved Youth.Journal of community psychology · 2026Article
- Virtual Sexual Health Education for Court-Involved & Court-Exposed Girls: A Pilot of the Adapted My Body, My Choice Intervention.American journal of sexuality education · 2026Article
- The Landscape of Randomized Controlled Trials for Behavioral Health-Focused Psychosocial Interventions for Youth in the Juvenile Legal System: A Systematic Review.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Family-Based Telehealth Intervention for Families Impacted by the Child Welfare System: Formative Mixed Methods Evaluation.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- My Body, My Choice: An Adapted Sexual Health Intervention for Youth with Histories of Commercial Sexual Exploitation.Journal of human trafficking · 2024Article
- An Ecodevelopmental Framework for Engaging Diverse Youth in Foster Care and Their Families Into Technology-Based Family Intervention Research Trials.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- A Technology-Based Training Tool for a Health Promotion and Sex Education Program for Justice-Involved Youth: Development and Usability Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Transparent reporting of hypotheses and analyses in behavioral medicine research: An audit of publications in 2018 and 2008.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- HIV/STI Service Delivery Within Juvenile Community Supervision Agencies: A National Survey of Practices and Approaches to Moving High-Risk Youth Through the HIV Care Cascade.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2020Article
- Juvenile justice staff endorsement of HIV/STI prevention, testing, and treatment linkage.Health & justice · 2019Article
- Associations of ethnic/racial discrimination with internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors among juvenile justice-involved youth of color.Journal of adolescence · 2019Article
- Substance Use and HIV Among Justice-Involved Youth: Intersecting Risks.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- Psychometric Properties of the Aggressive Behaviors Scale from the Youth Self-Report in Juvenile Offenders.Journal of personality assessmentArticle
- A Review of Recent HIV Prevention Interventions and Future Considerations for Nursing Science.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACReview
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveJuvenile offenders report high rates of sexual risk taking, increasing the possibility of HIV. This 2-arm group randomized controlled trial tested the efficacy of PHAT Life, a sexual risk reduction program, compared with a time-matched health promotion program for youth on probation.
methodMale and female 13- to 17-year-olds (M = 16.08; SD = 1.09) recently arrested and placed on probation at an Evening Reporting Center were eligible for the study. Youth were 66% male, and 90% African American. Teens self-reported their sexual behavior (condom use, number of sexual partners) at baseline and 6 months. Retention was 85%.
resultsYouth were randomized to PHAT Life (n = 163) or a health promotion program (n = 147). Among youth reporting the highest risk at baseline (a composite measure of multiple partners and inconsistent condom use), those who received PHAT Life were over 4 times more likely than the control group to report a lower level of risk (i.e., no sex or one partner plus consistent condom use) by 6 months, OR = 4.28 with 95% CI [1.37, 13.38], SE = 0.58, p = .01. Among sexually active teens who reported sexual debut before 12-years-old, those who received PHAT Life reported significantly fewer sexual partners at 6-months than controls, partial eta squared = .32, p = .002.
conclusionsFindings support PHAT Life's efficacy to reduce sexual risk for juvenile offenders on probation. Future research should examine how best to disseminate PHAT Life to ensure that it is self-sustaining within the juvenile justice system. (PsycINFO Database Record
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