Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
FeaturesAdolescents' Input on the Development of an HIV Risk Reduction Intervention
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Participants
Following IRB approval, convenience sampling was used to recruit 30 unmarried adolescent females at several data collection sites. These sites included two inner-city teen health clinics (n = 9), an academic achievement program for high-risk inner-city youth (n = 11), and a detention center for incarcerated teens (n = 10). Participants' ages ranged from 11 to 17 years (M = 15), and participants were primarily economically disadvantaged young women of color (77% Black, 13% White, 1% Hispanic).
Procedures
Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills
One of the primary purposes of this study was to identify levels of HIV-related information, motivation, and behavioral skills in at-risk female adolescents. Focus groups identified areas of misinformation about HIV transmission and the lack of communication with partners about sexual behavior. Multiple HIV transmission misconceptions were prevalent, including beliefs that unprotected oral sex was a safe sexual behavior and that transmission of HIV was still possible through fomites, such as
Nursing Implications
Focus group methodology can be particularly informative in refining and modifying interventions for use in clinical practice. Many interventions that have been useful in one population may also benefit other populations if modified to be gender specific as well as developmentally and culturally appropriate. Focus groups were productive because they helped us to refine an intervention for female adolescents. Young women tend to use conversation with peers as a way to identify concerns and find
Acknowledgements
Funding was provided by Grants No. K01-NR00152, Motivational HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Women, to Dianne Morrison-Beedy, principal investigator; and K02-MH01582 to Michael P. Carey.
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