Effectiveness of an HIV Prevention Program for Women Visiting Their Incarcerated Partners: The HOME Project
| Autor: | Megan Comfort, Kathleen McCartney, Olga Grinstead Reznick, Torsten B. Neilands |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Prison HIV Infections Women of color Health Promotion California Peer Group Intervention (counseling) Medicine Humans Women Longitudinal Studies Health Education Qualitative Research media_common Original Paper Unsafe Sex business.industry Public health Prevention Prisoners Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Peer group Health psychology Health promotion Sexual communication Sexual Partners Infectious Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Prisons Women's Health Health education Female business Risk Reduction Behavior Clinical psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior |
| ISSN: | 1090-7165 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10461-010-9770-4 |
| Popis: | Having an incarcerated partner presents a unique HIV risk for women, particularly low-income women of color. We developed a population-specific risk reduction intervention for women visiting men in prison that was peer educator-based and included individual and community-level intervention components. Women who were assessed prior to the intervention period had a positive association between the number of unprotected penetrative intercourse (UPI) episodes prior to their partners’ incarceration and the number of UPI episodes following partners’ release from prison. However, this association was negated among women assessed during the intervention. Intervention participants also were more likely to be tested for HIV, to have partners who got tested, and to talk with their partners about significantly more HIV-related topics. Conducting intervention and evaluation activities with women visiting incarcerated men is feasible and is a useful model for reaching more at-risk women. |
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