A brief, low-cost, theory-based intervention to promote dual method use by black and Latina female adolescents: a randomized clinical trial

Health Educ Behav. 2007 Aug;34(4):608-21. doi: 10.1177/1090198105284840. Epub 2006 May 31.

Abstract

HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects young women of color. Young women who use hormonal contraception are less likely to use condoms. Brief, inexpensive HIV-prevention interventions are needed for high-volume clinics. This study was a randomized clinical trial of two interventions: (a) a video made for this study and (b) an adaptation of Project RESPECT counseling. Four hundred Black and Latina teenage women completed a questionnaire about their sexual behaviors and were randomly assigned to (a) see the video, (b) get counseling, (c) see the video and get counseling, or (d) receive usual care. At 3-month follow-up, those who saw the video and received counseling were 2.5 times more likely to have used a condom at last intercourse with their main partner than teens in the usual care group. These differences did not persist at 12-month follow-up. This suggests that a brief intervention can positively affect condom use in the short term.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Black or African American*
  • Contraception
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Promotion*
  • Hispanic or Latino*
  • Humans
  • Sexual Behavior