Sustainability of intervention effects of an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for African American women who smoke crack cocaine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV prevention intervention efficacy is often assessed in the short term. Thus, we conducted a long-term (mean 4.4 years) follow-up of a woman-focused HIV intervention for African American crack smokers, for which we had previously observed beneficial short-term gains.

Methods

455 out-of-treatment African American women in central North Carolina participated in a randomized field experiment and were followed up to determine sustainability of intervention effects across three conditions: the woman-focused intervention, a modified NIDA intervention, and a delayed-treatment control condition. We compared these groups in terms of HIV risk behavior at short-term follow-up (STFU; 3-6 months) and long-term follow-up (LTFU; average 4 years).

Results

The analyses re

SUBMITTER: Wechsberg WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2875347 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature