HIV Infections
Conditions
Keywords
HIV prevention, HIV seronegativity
Brief summary
Adolescents are at risk for HIV because of sexual and drug behavior intiated during this developmental period. Those with psychological distress are less likely than their peers to benefit from frequently used skills-based interventions. It appears that emotional lability during sexual situations disrupts skills learned. This project will implement and evaluate interventions for adolescents with psychiatric disorders who are in therapeutic school settings. Affect management and skills-based interventions will be compared to a didactic standard of care condition to determine which intervention best reduces risk behavior among adolescents with psychiatric disorders in therapeutic school settings.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAffect Management
12-session group intervention including affect management training as well as sexual health skills training.
BEHAVIORALHIV Prevention Skills
12-session group intervention including sexual health skills training.
BEHAVIORALGeneral Health Promotion
12-session group intervention including health information on a variety of health topics.
Sponsors
University of Chicago
Rhode Island Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Adolescent attending therapeutic school
Exclusion criteria
* Adolescent is HIV positive * Adolescent is developmentally delayed * Adolescent is pregnant * Adolescent has a history of sexual crime
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adolescent-reported condom use | 1 year |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed