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Main, D.S., Iverson, DC, McGloin, J., Banspach, S.W., et al. (1994).
Preventive Medicine, 23 (4), 409 - 417
Description of Intervention: Get Real about AIDS 1992
This intervention was primarily based on Social Cognitive Theory and the Theory of Reasoned Action. The intervention was implemented in 10 schools in 6 Colorado school districts. The intervention consisted of a 15-session skills-based curriculum, based in part on the program Get Real About AIDS 1992. Most of the intervention teachers taught health; some taught science, physical education, and study skills. Teachers attended a 5-day (40 hours) training program designed to enhance relevant skills and fidelity of the implementation to the written curriculum.
The curriculum covered the following topics: HIV functional knowledge (that is, knowledge that can be used to reduce risk), teen vulnerability to HIV, normative determinants of risky behavior, condom use, and skills designed to help students recognize, manage, avoid, or leave risky situations.
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Intervention Goal(s): To determine the effects of a classroom intervention to postpone the initiation of sexual intercourse and to reduce the number of students engaging in unsafe sex and drug-using behaviors.
Intervention Setting: High school classrooms.
Population: Of the 2,015 students who participated in the study, 51% were male and 49% were female; 6% were African American, 3% were Asian, 21% were Hispanic, 65% were white, and 5% were of other racial/ethnic groups. The average age of the students was 15 years; 60% were in the 9th grade; 44% were sexually experienced prior to the study.
Comparison Condition: Usual program, which was no HIV education or minimal HIV education, as determined by the school districts.
Behavioral Findings: Students who participated in the intervention reported fewer sex partners and greater frequency of condom use than students in the comparison schools.
Contact:
Deborah S. Main, PhD
Department of Family Medicine
1180 Clermont Street
Denver, Colorado 80220
Phone: 303 315 9700
Fax: 303 315 9747
E-mail: debbi.main@uchsc.edu
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This study meets CDC's HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis project criteria for relevance and methodological rigor and also has the positive and significant behavioral/health findings required for the Compendium. Date added 1/99
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