Latino STYLE: Preliminary Findings From an HIV Prevention RCT Among Latino Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Latino STYLE is a family-centered, HIV-focused intervention (HIV) emphasizing cultural factors and parent-adolescent communication. We hypothesized that, compared with a general health promotion (HP) intervention, the HIV arm would improve caregiver and adolescent HIV knowledge, attitudes, parental monitoring, sexual communication, and family relationships after a 3-month postintervention period. This article reports on the short-term findings of the longer trial.

Methods

A single-site, two-arm, parallel, family-based, randomized, controlled trial was conducted; eligible participants were Latino adolescents aged 14-17 and their primary caregiver. The study was conducted at the University of South Florida with 227 adolescent-caregiver dyads allocated to the HIV (n =

SUBMITTER: Lescano CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7182404 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature