Document 0314
 DOCN  M9440314
 TI    An evaluation of an AIDS risk reduction education and skills training
       (ARREST) program.
 DT    9404
 AU    Kipke MD; Boyer C; Hein K; Adolescent AIDS Program, Montefiore Medical
       Center/Albert; Einstein College of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
 SO    J Adolesc Health. 1993 Nov;14(7):533-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94146024
 AB    PURPOSE. With the increasing rate of HIV infection among adolescents,
       there is an urgent need for interventions that will provide teenagers
       with information, the ability to make decisions, and the assertiveness
       and communication skills required for effective prevention and risk
       reduction. This study evaluated an AIDS Risk Reduction Education and
       Skills Training (ARREST) program designed for adolescents, ages 12-16
       years. METHODS. Eighty-seven inner-city, African-American (36%) and
       Latino (55%) adolescents were recruited from community-based
       after-school programs, and randomly assigned to either the ARREST
       intervention or a wait-list control group. Adolescents assigned to the
       ARREST intervention participated in three 90-minute intervention
       sessions. ARREST was evaluated by comparing pre- and post-test scores on
       a battery of self-report measures and videotaped role-play simulations.
       RESULTS. Analyses revealed significant post-test differences between the
       ARREST and wait-list control groups, with teens in the ARREST group
       demonstrating significant changes in knowledge and negative attitudes
       about HIV/AIDS, perception of risk, and appropriate concern about
       contracting AIDS. Most importantly, adolescents in the ARREST group
       demonstrated a significant increase in behavioral skills for negotiating
       prevention and risk reduction, and resisting peer pressures to engage in
       risk-related sexual and drug-use behaviors. CONCLUSIONS. ARREST was
       effective in meeting its short-term objectives for changes in knowledge
       and behavioral skills, which are important prerequisites for behavior
       change. Replication with long-term follow-up assessment is needed,
       however, to determine this intervention's effectiveness at changing
       risk-related sexual and drug-use behaviors.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adolescence
       *Adolescent Behavior  Blacks  Child  Comparative Study  Female  *Health
       Education  Hispanic Americans  Human  Intervention Studies  *Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  Program Evaluation  Risk Factors  Risk-Taking
       Self Disclosure  Sex Behavior  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Support, U.S.
       Gov't, P.H.S.  United States  Urban Population  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

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