Citation

Weir BW, O'Brien K, Bard RS, Casciato CJ, Maher JE, Dent CW, Dougherty JA, Stark MJ. AIDS Behav. 2009; 13(3): 509-522.

Affiliation

Program Design and Evaluation Services, Oregon Department of Human Services, Portland, OR, USA, bweir@jhsph.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10461-008-9422-0

PMID

18636325

PMCID

PMC2855899

Abstract

Women with histories of incarceration show high levels of risk for HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV). This randomized controlled trial with women at risk for HIV who had recent criminal justice system involvement (n = 530) evaluated two interventions based on Motivational Interviewing to reduce either HIV risk or HIV and IPV risk. Baseline and 3, 6, and 9-month follow-up assessments measured unprotected intercourse, needle sharing, and IPV. Generalized estimating equations revealed that the intervention groups had significant decreases in unprotected intercourse and needle sharing, and significantly greater reductions in the odds and incidence rates of unprotected intercourse compared to the control group. No significant differences were found in changes in IPV over time between the HIV and IPV group and the control group. Motivational Interviewing-based HIV prevention interventions delivered by county health department staff appear helpful in reducing HIV risk behavior for this population.

Language: en