Adapting an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for pregnant African-American women in substance abuse treatment.

ABSTRACT: An adaptation of an evidence-based, woman-focused intervention designed to reduce HIV risk behaviors was conducted for pregnant, African-American women in substance abuse treatment in North Carolina. The intervention adaptation process included focus groups, expert panels, and the filming of women who spoke about their experiences with pregnancy, drug use, sex risk behaviors, HIV testing and treatment, need for substance abuse treatment, violence, and victimization. The assessment instrument was adapted for pregnant women and the intervention was organized into a 4-session PowerPoint presentation, with an additional session if a woman tested positive for HIV. All sessions and assessment instrument were installed on laptop computers for portability in treatment programs. We pilot tested our

SUBMITTER: Wechsberg WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3846304 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature