Behavior Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
behavioral intervention
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to look at a program for women in drug abuse treatment designed to reduce Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexually Transmitted Disease (HIV/STD) risk behaviors and reduce unprotected sexual risk behavior.
Detailed description
The proposed trial is intended to test the effectiveness of a proven, manual driven, five-session safer sexual skills building group (SSB) intervention (Schilling et al., 1991; El Bassel and Schilling, 1992) for female patients in MMTP or in drug-free outpatient treatment. The effects of SSB will be compared to a standard group HIV education session (HE). This study uses a 2-group, randomized, parallel-group design to compare a five-session safer sexual skills building group to a single 60-min HIV education session (control condition). The control condition is designed to standardize and simulate the usual care at community clinics.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBehavior Therapy
Sponsors
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Study design
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Adult females (18 years of age or older) in drug abuse treatment at participating Community Treatment Programs are invited to participate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| AIDS risk behavior | — |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed