Toward the Development of Preventive Interventions to Reduce HRSB, HIV/AIDS, and Multiple Problem Behaviors

Botvin, Gilbert J.; Griffin, Kenneth W.

doi:10.1007/s11121-014-0461-7

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“…High risk sexual behaviors (HRSB) are one of many problem behaviors that often cluster together among adolescents in high risk settings, particularly adolescent gang members (Clark et al 2016) (Botvin and Griffin 2014). Among the adolescent risk behaviors that often accompany HRSB are antisocial behavior and conduct problems, delinquency, academic difficulties, alcohol, tobacco and other drug use (Reider, Robertson, and Sims 2014, Capaldi 2014).…”

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Gang masculinity and high-risk sexual behaviours

Dickson‐Gómez

Quinn

Broaddus

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Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Context High risk sexual behaviors (HRSB) are one of many problem behaviors, including relationship violence and substance use, which often cluster together among adolescents in high risk settings. Adolescent gang members often show the highest rates of HRSB, substance use and relationship violence. Methods This paper uses 58 in-depth interviews with male and female gang members from 6 different gangs. We explore the role of gangs as powerful socializing peer groups that set gender, sexual and relationship roles and expectations for their male and female members. Results HRSB among gangs included sex with multiple partners and group sex. Gang norms included the belief that male members were sexually insatiable with multiple sexual partners and that female members should be sexually available to male members. Alcohol and drugs were seen to have a large influence on sexual desire and the inability to use condoms. Much sexual behavior with gangs, such as group sex, was viewed with ambivalence and seen as somewhat coercive. Finally, the gendered sexual expectations (boys as sexually insatiable and girls as sexually available) made forming long-term romantic relationships difficult for gang members. Discussion The influence of gang norms on HRSB must be addressed in interventions with gang members.

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Gang masculinity and high-risk sexual behaviours

Dickson‐Gómez

Quinn

Broaddus

et al. 2016

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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“…A number of randomized controlled trials have demonstrated long-term crossover effects on emerging adult HRSBs (Botvin & Griffin, 2014 b ; Kellam et al 2014; Spoth et al 2014 a; Perrino et al 2016). …”

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“…conduct problem behaviors or internalizing outcomes)–even when no intervention content directly addresses those behaviors or problems (Trudeau et al 2012; Kellam et al 2014; Oesterle et al 2015). Specifically, a number of randomized controlled trials have demonstrated long-term crossover effects on emerging adult HRSBs (Botvin & Griffin, 2014 b ; Kellam et al 2014; Spoth et al 2014 a ; Perrino et al 2016).…”

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PROSPER delivery of universal preventive interventions with young adolescents: long-term effects on emerging adult substance misuse and associated risk behaviors

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Background Substance misuse and associated health-risking behaviors are prevalent in emerging adulthood. There is a knowledge gap concerning the post-high school effects of community-based delivery systems for universal preventive interventions implemented during young adolescence. This study reports effects of the PROSPER delivery system through age 19, 7.5 years past baseline. Methods A cohort sequential design included 28 public school districts randomly assigned to the PROSPER partnership delivery system or usual-programming conditions. PROSPER community teams implemented a family-focused intervention in 6th grade and a school-based intervention in 7th grade. Outcomes for the age 19, post-high school report included lifetime, current, and frequency of substance misuse, as well as antisocial and health-risking sexual behaviors. Intent-to-treat, multi-level analyses of covariance of point-in-time outcomes were conducted, along with analyses of risk-related moderation of intervention effects. Results Results showed emerging adults from PROSPER communities reported significantly lower substance misuse across a range of types of substances, with relative reduction rates of up to 41.0%. No significant findings were observed for associated antisocial and health-risking sexual behavior indices; nor for lifetime rates of sexually transmitted infections. Risk-related moderation effects were non-significant, suggesting generally comparable outcomes across higher- and lower-risk subgroups of emerging adults. Conclusions The PROSPER delivery system for brief universal preventive interventions has potential for public health impact by reducing long-term substance misuse, with positive results extending beyond high school.

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“…Some studies have already been published ( 12 , 44 , 45 ), that verify the effectiveness of the transfer of learning from one health behavior to others. Life skill education has already been proven to be effective to prevent multiple health risk behaviors and promote healthy habits ( 47 , 48 ), and many MHBC programs have used this strategy ( 8 , 21 , 22 ). However, the conditions required to effectively achieve transfer of learning have not been adequately defined and conceptualized in previous research.…”

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“…For example, problem-solving or assertiveness skills can be developed in a drug prevention context and then be transferred to scenarios involving reducing sexual risk behaviors. Similarly, awareness about the influence of social norms or the adoption of healthy values may be also transferred from one health behavior domain to another ( 8 , 12 , 21 , 22 , 24 ). For school-based health promotion, a promising approach for MHBC is life skill education.…”

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Multiple Health Behavior Programs in School Settings: Strategies to Promote Transfer-of-Learning Through Life Skills Education

Velasco

Celata

Griffin

2021

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Typically, schools implement health promotion programs that focus on a single behavioral domain. Multiple related health topics may be addressed using separate interventions, potentially producing overlap in program content. However, integrative approaches in health promotion have the potential to produce interventions capable of improving multiple health behaviors. In particular, more research is needed to identify the conditions and the factors that can promote the transfer of learning to broaden the target outcomes of health promotion programs. The present study aims to identify the characteristics of an evidence-based life skills education program that can facilitate the transfer of learning to different health behaviors not initially targeted by the program, and the strategies for achieving successful transfer. A two round Delphi method was used with a diverse group of 21 experts in health promotion, life skills education, and methods of pedagogy for early adolescent students. Questionnaires with open and closed-ended questions were administered on-line. Content qualitative analysis was run, integrating codes, subcategories, and categories of the two rounds of the study. Results showed strong consensus among experts about the potential for promoting the transfer of skills from one health domain to another. Many elements were identified as important factors that facilitate the transfer of learning. Strategies for successful transfer were related to teaching methods, educational approaches, and consistency with the broader school curriculum. Findings suggest that the successful transfer of learning to a new health domain requires that educators recognize its importance and explicitly designate it as an educational aim.

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Toward the Development of Preventive Interventions to Reduce HRSB, HIV/AIDS, and Multiple Problem Behaviors

Cited by 7 publications

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Gang masculinity and high-risk sexual behaviours

Gang masculinity and high-risk sexual behaviours

PROSPER delivery of universal preventive interventions with young adolescents: long-term effects on emerging adult substance misuse and associated risk behaviors

Multiple Health Behavior Programs in School Settings: Strategies to Promote Transfer-of-Learning Through Life Skills Education

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