Alexa Colgrove Curtis, Courtney Keeler
Measurement in Nursing Research
The American journal of nursing
address global questions regarding timing hivprevention efforts targeting youth possible additional benefits parental participation researchers usa bahamas conducted two sequential longitudinal randomized trials evidencebased intervention spanning adolescent years first trial involved 1360 grade6 students parents three years followup second 2564 grade10 students parents two years followup grade12 involvement combined child parentchild hivrisk reduction interventions resulted increased consistent condomuse abstinenceprotected sex condomuse skills parentchild communication sex receipt grade6 hivprevention intervention conferred lasting benefits regarding condomuse skills selfefficacy youth received gradesix intervention experienced significantly greater improvement baseline result grade10 intervention hivrisk reduction intervention delivered either grade6 grade10 conferred sustained benefits receipt interventions appears confer additional benefits