Couple-based HIV counseling and testing: a risk reduction intervention for US drug-involved women and their primary male partners.

ABSTRACT: To help reduce the elevated risk of acquiring HIV for African-American and Latina women drug users in primary heterosexual relationships, we developed a brief couple-based HIV counseling and testing prevention intervention. The intervention was based on an integrated HIV risk behavior theory that incorporated elements of social exchange theory, the theory of gender and power, the stages-of-change model, and the information-motivation-behavior skills model. In this article, we describe the development, content, and format of the couple-based HIV testing and counseling intervention, and its delivery to 110 couples (220 individuals) in a randomized effectiveness trial, the Harlem River Couples Project, conducted in New York City from 2005 to 2007. Components of the couple-based intervention i

SUBMITTER: McMahon JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4310810 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature