Participants will be involved with the study and follow up for a total of 32 to 36 weeks.~68-84 female adolescents and their mother/guardian (total N = 136-168).~African American or mixed race, sexually active female adolescents age 15 to 19 who are at risk for HIV infection and their mother/guardian~The adolescent participant and her mother/guardian will be randomized to either a family-based risk reduction intervention or a no-treatment control group condition.~Participants in both conditions will be assessed at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and at 3- and 6-month follow-ups. A subset of 24 participants from the intervention condition (12 adolescents and 12 mothers) will participate in a qualitative interview following the 6-month follow-up, in which information will be obtained on participant perception of procedures and intervention content, and whether they have utilized skills taught following the end of the project.~Interviewers will collect participant data from the baseline and follow-up behavioral interviews using a Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method on a portable computer.
This is an exploratory/developmental study to support the early phases of development and evaluation of a family-based HIV prevention program for adolescent girls prior to a full-scale trial. Research on the new intervention will include evaluating the feasibility, tolerability, and acceptability of the intervention, and allow us to obtain the preliminary data needed as a pre-requisite to a larger-scale intervention study.~Adolescent females and their mother/guardian will be randomized to either: a family-based risk reduction intervention; or a no-treatment control group condition. Participants in both conditions will be assessed at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and at 3- and 6-month follow-ups. A subset of families (12 adolescents and 12 mothers) will participate in a qualitative interview following the 6-month follow-up, in which information will be obtained on participant perception of procedures and intervention content, and whether they have utilized skills taught following the end of the project.