Behavioral interventions for African Americans to reduce sexual risk of HIV: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Context

African Americans constitute 13% of the US population yet account for nearly 50% of new HIV infections. Implementation of efficacious behavioral interventions can help reduce infections in this vulnerable population.

Objectives

To examine the efficacy of behavioral interventions to reduce HIV for African Americans among 78 randomized controlled trials that sampled at least 50% African Americans (N = 48,585, 81% African American), measured condom use or number of sexual partners, and provided sufficient information to calculate effect sizes.

Methods

Independent raters coded participant characteristics, design and methodological features, and intervention content. Weighted mean effect sizes, using both fixed- and random-effects models, were calculated; positive

SUBMITTER: Johnson BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3021417 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature