Mechanisms of Action for Empirically Supported Interventions to Reduce Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Adolescents are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Interventions to reduce adolescent sexual risk often have modest outcomes. Understanding of the mechanisms of program effectiveness is needed to develop stronger interventions. We used a randomized controlled trial to examine mechanisms of response to two empirically supported interventions: motivational interviewing versus behavioral skills training.

Methods

A total of 262 adolescents (mean age = 15.89 years, standard deviation = 1.24; 34% female and 61% Latinx) were recruited from juvenile justice programs in the U.S.; all youth were randomized to motivational interviewing or behavioral skills training. Primary outcomes included (1) theory-based mechanisms (condom use attitudes, norms,

SUBMITTER: Gibson LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311249 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature