The Healthy Teen Girls Project: Comparison of Health Education and STD Risk Reduction Intervention for Incarcerated Adolescent Females

Robertson, Angela; Lawrence, Janet S. St.; Morse, David T.; Baird-Thomas, Connie; Liew, Hui; Gresham, Kathleen

doi:10.1177/1090198110372332

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“…In the Robertson et al RCT, 46 adolescent females were randomised into either a health education programme or a HIV risk reduction intervention. Sexual risk behaviour was assessed after release 31. Both groups maintained rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia between 17%–20% while detained and at the 9-month follow-up after release.…”

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Reproductive health needs of recently incarcerated youth during community reentry: a systematic review

Barnert

Sun

Abrams

2019

BMJ Sex Reprod Health

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BackgroundYouth involved in the juvenile justice system have high reproductive health needs and, on exiting detention, face the challenging transition of reentry. We conducted a systematic literature review to describe what is known about youths’ reproductive health needs during community reentry after incarceration.MethodsWe searched PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for articles containing key words with the concepts ‘child or adolescent’, ‘incarcerated’ and 'reentry'. In the search, we defined the concept of ‘reentry’ as within 1 month prior to release (to include interventions involving pre-release planning) and up to 18 months after release from incarceration.ResultsOur search yielded 2187 articles. After applying all exclusion criteria, 14 articles on reproductive health remained for extraction. The articles provided data on the following aspects of youths’ reproductive health: frequency of condom use (eight articles), sexual risk behaviours other than lack of condom use (seven articles), and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (three articles).ConclusionsThe literature on the reproductive health needs of youth undergoing reentry is extremely limited. Current intervention studies yield mixed but promising results and more intervention studies that address both pre-release reentry planning and the post-incarceration period are needed. Given incarcerated youths’ well-documented reproductive health disparities compared with non-incarcerated adolescents, the identified gaps represent important opportunities for future research and programmatic emphasis.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reproductive health needs of recently incarcerated youth during community reentry: a systematic review

Barnert

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Abrams

2019

BMJ Sex Reprod Health

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“…They also report a high prevalence of risk factors associated with STIs and HIV infection, such as family dysfunction, trauma and sexual abuse, mental health and substance abuse problems, and risky sexual behaviors. (Chesney-Lind and Sheldon 1998; Teplin et al 2006; Lederman et al 2004; Robertson et al 2011; Voisin et al 2012). For example, one study identified 73% of adolescent girls entering the juvenile justice system with a history of sexual abuse (Chesney-Lind and Sheldon 1998).…”

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Efficacy of an HIV/STI Sexual Risk-Reduction Intervention for African American Adolescent Girls in Juvenile Detention Centers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Background Few HIV/STI interventions exist for African American adolescent girls in juvenile detention. Objective The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce incident STIs, improve HIV-preventive behaviors, and enhance psychosocial outcomes. Methods We conducted a randomized controlled trial among African American adolescent girls (13-17 years, N=188) in juvenile detention from March 2011 to May 2012. Assessments occurred at baseline and 3- and 6-months post-randomization and included: audio computer-assisted self-interview, condom skills assessment, and self-collected vaginal swab to detect Chlamydia and gonorrhea. Intervention The Imara intervention included three individual-level sessions and four phone sessions; expedited partner therapy was offered to STI-positive adolescents. The comparison group received the usual care provided by the detention center: STI testing, treatment and counseling. Results At the 6-month assessment (3-months post-intervention) Imara participants reported higher condom use self-efficacy (p<0.001), HIV/STI knowledge (p<0.001), and condom use skills (p<0.001) compared to control participants. No significant differences were observed between trial conditions in incident Chlamydia or gonorrhea infections, condom use, or number of vaginal sex partners. Conclusions Imara for detained African American adolescent girls can improve condom use skills and psychosocial outcomes; however, a critical need for interventions to reduce sexual risk remains.

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“…Still, few HIV prevention programs have targeted juvenile offenders (Tolou-Shams, Stewart, Fasciano, & Brown, 2010), and among those that have, published reports have yielded small effects on behavior, low retention rates (Bryan et al., 2009; Goldberg et al, 2009; Robertson et al, 2011; Rosengard et al, 2007; Schmiege, Broaddus, Levin, & Bryan, 2009; Tolou-Shams et al, 2011), and intervention decay (Tolou-Shams et al, 2010). By contrast, a review of HIV prevention interventions for juvenile offenders concluded that changes in theoretical mediators of risk (e.g., HIV knowledge and attitudes) are consistently strong (Tolou-Shams et al, 2010).…”

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HIV-Risk Reduction with Juvenile Offenders on Probation

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Youth involved in the juvenile justice system are at elevated risk for HIV as a result of high rates of sexual risk taking, substance use, mental health problems and sexually transmitted infections. Yet few HIV prevention programs exist for young offenders. This pilot study examined change in juvenile offenders’ sexual activity, drug/alcohol use, HIV testing and counseling, and theoretical mediators of risk taking following participation in PHAT Life, an HIV-prevention program for teens on probation. Participants (N=54) were 13–17 year-old arrested males and females remanded to a detention alternative setting. Youth participated in a uniquely tailored HIV prevention intervention and completed a baseline and 3-month follow up assessment of their HIV and substance use knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. At 3-month follow up, teens reported less alcohol use, more positive attitudes toward peers with HIV, greater ability to resist temptation to use substances, and for males, improved HIV prevention self-efficacy and peer norms supporting prevention. Teens were also more likely to seek HIV counseling and males were more likely to get tested for HIV. Effect sizes revealed moderate change in sexual behavior. Findings support PHAT Life as a promising intervention to reduce HIV-risk among youth in juvenile justice.

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The Healthy Teen Girls Project: Comparison of Health Education and STD Risk Reduction Intervention for Incarcerated Adolescent Females

Cited by 30 publications

References 43 publications

Reproductive health needs of recently incarcerated youth during community reentry: a systematic review

Reproductive health needs of recently incarcerated youth during community reentry: a systematic review

Efficacy of an HIV/STI Sexual Risk-Reduction Intervention for African American Adolescent Girls in Juvenile Detention Centers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

HIV-Risk Reduction with Juvenile Offenders on Probation

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