Results of a randomized controlled trial of a peer mentor HIV/STI prevention intervention for women over an 18 month follow-up

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1654-1663

  Davey Rothwell, Melissa A ^a   Tobin, Karin ^a   Yang, Cui ^a   Sun, Christina J ^a   Latkin, Carl A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Peer education; Social networks; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555205761     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9943-9     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Aral SO, Fenton KA, Holmes KK. Sexually transmitted diseases in the USA: Temporal trends. Sex Transm Infect. 2007;83(4):257-66. (Pubitemid 47242501)
2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2008: National Surveillance Data for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis. 2009; Available at: Http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/ trends.htm. Accessed 4 Aug 2010.
3. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization. AIDS Epidemic Update. November 2009.
4. 2009 Compendium of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions. 2009; Available at: Http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/ research/prs/evidence-based- interventions.htm. Accessed 8 Mar 2010.
5. Shain RN, Piper JM, Holden AE, Champion JD, Perdue ST, Korte JE, et al. Prevention of gonorrhea and Chlamydia through behavioral intervention: Results of a two-year controlled randomized trial in minority women. Sex Transm Dis. 2004;31(7):401-8. (Pubitemid 38812922)
6. Jemmott LS, Jemmott JB 3rd, O'Leary A. Effects on sexual risk behavior and STD rate of brief HIV/STD prevention interventions for African American women in primary care settings. Am J Public Health. 2007;97(6):1034-40. (Pubitemid 351181925)
7. DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM. A randomized controlled trial of an HIV sexual risk-reduction intervention for young African- American women. JAMA. 1995;274(16):1271-6.
8. Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ, Mikhail I, Lang DL, McCree DH, Davies SL, et al. A randomized controlled trial to reduce HIV transmission risk behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases among women living with HIV: The WiLLOW Program. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004;37(Suppl 2):S58-67.
9. El-Bassel N, Witte SS, Gilbert L, Wu E, Chang M, Hill J, et al. The efficacy of a relationship-based HIV/STD prevention program for heterosexual couples. Am J Public Health. 2003;93(6): 963-9. (Pubitemid 38480230)
10. Sikkema KJ, Kelly JA, Winett RA, Solomon LJ, Cargill VA, Roffman RA, et al. Outcomes of a randomized community-level HIV prevention intervention for women living in 18 low-income housing developments. Am J Public Health. 2000;90(1):57-63. (Pubitemid 30019665)
11. Lauby JL, Smith PJ, Stark M, Person B, Adams J. A communitylevel HIV prevention intervention for inner-city women: Results of the women and infants demonstration projects. Am J Public Health. 2000;90(2):216-22. (Pubitemid 30062673)
12. Ellen JM, Gaydos C, Chung SE, Willard N, Lloyd LV, Rietmeijer CA. Sex partner selection, social networks, and repeat sexually transmitted infections in young men: A preliminary report. Sex Transm Dis. 2006;33(1):18-21. (Pubitemid 43042817)
13. Klovdahl AS, Potterat JJ, Woodhouse DE, Muth JB, Muth SQ, Darrow WW. Social networks and infectious disease: The Colorado Springs Study. Soc Sci Med. 1994;38(1):79-88.
14. Wylie JL, Jolly A. Patterns of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection in sexual networks in Manitoba, Canada. Sex Transm Dis. 2001;28(1):14-24. (Pubitemid 32064204)
15. Engelgau MM, Woernle CH, Rolfs RT, Greenspan JR, O'Cain M, Gorsky RD. Control of epidemic early syphilis: The results of an intervention campaign using social networks. Sex Transm Dis. 1995;22(4):203-9.
16. Neblett RC, Davey-Rothwell MA, Chander G, Latkin CA. Social Network Characteristics and HIV Sexual Risk Behavior among Urban African American Women. J Urban Health (in Press).
17. Latkin CA, Sherman S, Knowlton A. HIV prevention among drug users: Outcome of a network-oriented peer outreach intervention. Health Psychol. 2003;22(4):332-9. (Pubitemid 36944570)
18. Garfein RS, Golub ET, Greenberg AE, Hagan H, Hanson DL, Hudson SM, et al. A peer-education intervention to reduce injection risk behaviors for HIV and hepatitis C virus infection in young injection drug users. AIDS. 2007;21(14):1923-32. (Pubitemid 47329769)
19. Cai Y, Hong H, Shi R, Ye X, Xu G, Li S, et al. Long-term followup study on peer-led school-based HIV/AIDS prevention among youths in Shanghai. Int J STD AIDS. 2008;19(12):848-50.
20. Mahat G, Scoloveno MA, De Leon T, Frenkel J. Preliminary evidence of an adolescent HIV/AIDS peer education program. J Pediatr Nurs. 2008;23(5):358-63.
21. Williamson LM, Hart GJ, Flowers P, Frankis JS, Der GJ. The Gay Men's Task Force: The impact of peer education on the sexual health behaviour of homosexual men in Glasgow. Sex Transm Infect. 2001;77(6):427-32. (Pubitemid 33086926)
22. Basu I, Jana S, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Swendeman D, Lee SJ, Newman P, et al. HIV prevention among sex workers in India. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004;36(3):845-52. (Pubitemid 38859351)
23. Hong H, Ji GP, Ye DQ. Long-term follow-up of a peer-led HIV/ AIDS prevention program for married women in rural China. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009;106(1):69-70.
24. O'Hara Murdock P, Garbharran H, Edwards MJ, Smith MA, Lutchmiah J, Mkhize M. Peer led HIV/AIDS prevention for women in South African informal settlements. Health Care Women Int. 2003;24(6):502-12. (Pubitemid 37431227)
25. Williams BG, Taljaard D, Campbell CM, Gouws E, Ndhlovu L, Van Dam J, et al. Changing patterns of knowledge, reported behaviour and sexually transmitted infections in a South African gold mining community. AIDS. 2003;17(14):2099-107. (Pubitemid 37297158)
26. Fisher JD, Misovich SJ. Social influence and AIDS-preventive behavior. In: Edwards J, Tindale RS, Heath L, Posavac EJ, editors. Social influence processes and prevention. New York: Plenum Press; 1990. p. 39-70.
27. Tajfel H. Human groups and social categories: studies in social psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1981.
28. Festinger L. A theory of social comparison processes. Hum Relat 1954;7(2):117-40.
29. Bandura A. Social learning theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1977.
30. Quinn TC, Welsh L, Lentz A, Crotchfelt K, Zenilman J, Newhall J, et al. Diagnosis by AMPLICOR PCR of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in urine samples from women and men attending sexually transmitted disease clinics. J Clin Microbiol. 1996;34(6): 1401-6. (Pubitemid 26160999)
31. Kamb ML, Fishbein M, Douglas JM Jr, Rhodes F, Rogers J, Bolan G, et al. Efficacy of risk-reduction counseling to prevent human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted diseases: A randomized controlled trial. Project RESPECT Study Group. JAMA. 1998;280(13):1161-7. (Pubitemid 28457806)
32. Edlin BR, Irwin KL, Faruque S, McCoy CB, Word C, Serrano Y, et al. Intersecting epidemics-crack cocaine use and HIV infection among inner-city young adults. Multicenter Crack Cocaine and HIV Infection Study Team. N Engl J Med. 1994;331(21):1422-7.
33. Wilson T, DeHovitz JA. STDs, HIV, and crack cocaine: A review. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 1997;11(2):62-6. (Pubitemid 27190603)
34. Hoffman JA, Klein H, Eber M, Crosby H. Frequency and intensity of crack use as predictors of women's involvement in HIV-related sexual risk behaviors. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2000; 58(3):227-36. (Pubitemid 30079673)
35. Zeger SL, Liang KY. Longitudinal data analysis for discrete and continuous outcomes. Biometrics. 1986;42(1):121-30.
36. The behavior of maximum likelihood estimates under nonstandard conditions. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press; 1967.
37. White H. A heteroskedasticity-consistent covariance matrix estimator and a direct test for heteroskedasticity. Econometrica. 1980;48(4):817-38.
38. Corbett AM, Dickson-Gomez J, Hilario H, Weeks MR. A little thing called love: Condom use in high-risk primary heterosexual relationships. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2009;41(4):218-24.
39. Davey-Rothwell MA, Latkin CA. HIV-related communication and perceived norms: An analysis of the connection among injection drug users. AIDS Educ Prev. 2007;19(4):298-309. (Pubitemid 47281279)
40. Wechsberg WM, Lam WK, Zule WA, Bobashev G. Efficacy of a woman-focused intervention to reduce HIV risk and increase selfsufficiency among African American crack abusers. Am J Public Health. 2004;94(7):1165-73. (Pubitemid 38857318)
41. Ford K, Wirawan DN, Suastina SS, Reed BD, Muliawan P. Evaluation of a peer education programme for female sex workers in Bali, Indonesia. Int J STD AIDS. 2000;11(11):731-3.