HIV Infections
Conditions
Keywords
HIV prevention, HIV seronegativity
Brief summary
Adolescents are at risk for HIV because of sexual and drug behavior initiated during this developmental period. Adolescents in the juvenile justice system are at increased risk for HIV due to higher rates of substance use and psychopathology than their non-offending peers. Juvenile justice youth may therefore also be less likely to benefit from frequently used skills based interventions. It appears that emotional lability, frequently found in this population, disrupts skills learned. This project will implement and evaluate an affect management HIV prevention intervention for adolescents in a juvenile drug court program. Affect management and general health promotion interventions will be compared to determine which intervention best reduces risk behavior among adolescents in the drug court.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAffect Management
5 session group intervention that focused on teaching affect management skills and included HIV prevention and sexual health training
BEHAVIORALGeneral Health Promotion
5 session group focused on delivering general health promotion information in didactic format
Sponsors
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
* Adolescents enrolled in the juvenile drug court program
Exclusion criteria
* Adolescent is HIV positive * Adolescent is pregnant * Adolescent is developmentally delayed * Adolescent has history of sexual crime
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adolescent-reported sexual activity and condom use | 3 month post-intervention |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adolescent substance use (self-report and urine toxicology screen results) | 3 months post-intervention |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed