Efficacy of an adapted HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention intervention for incarcerated women: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We tested the efficacy of an adapted evidence-based HIV-sexually transmitted infection (STI) behavioral intervention (Providing Opportunities for Women's Empowerment, Risk-Reduction, and Relationships, or POWER) among incarcerated women.

Methods

We conducted a randomized trial with 521 women aged 18 to 60 years in 2 correctional facilities in North Carolina in 2010 and 2011. Intervention participants attended 8 POWER sessions; control participants received a single standard-of-care STI prevention session. We followed up at 3 and 6 months after release. We examined intervention efficacy with mixed-effects models.

Results

POWER participants reported fewer male sexual partners than did control participants at 3 months, although this finding did not reach stati

SUBMITTER: Fogel CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4358199 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature