Adapting and Evaluating an EBI to Prevent HIV/AIDS Risk Among Apache Youth
HIV/AIDS
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for HIV/AIDS focused on measuring HIV/AIDS, Prevention, American Indian, Substance use, CBPR
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- American Indian ethnicity and primary residence and/or employment within the White Mountain Apache (Fort Apache) Reservation. Participants must be aged 13-19 years and have parent/guardian consent for youth under 18 years old.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Youth that are unable to fully participate in the evaluation assessments or intervention components will be excluded. In addition, individuals age 16 or older that are listed on either the Federal or Tribal sexual offender registries will be excluded from participation.
Sites / Locations
- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Health Education Control Condition
Focus on Youth Intervention (FOY)
The health education control condition consists of team-building activities and viewing of educational videos on nutrition and fitness, environmental protection and nature. The control condition program will be delivered according to the same structure as the Focus on Youth intervention; daily for 60-90 minutes over the course of 8 days. Due to local staffing availability and the pilot nature of this research, youth in the control condition will not receive the control program in small-group peer format. Rather, youth will receive the control condition program in groups of approximately 30-50.
Focus on Youth is a community-based, eight session group intervention that provides youth with the skills and knowledge they need to protect themselves from HIV and other STDs. Focus on Youth uses fun, interactive activities such as games, role plays and discussions to convey prevention knowledge and skills pertaining to Protection Motivation Theoretical concepts. The intervention consists of 8 group sessions delivered daily over 8 days by two Apache facilitators to same-sex peer groups of 8-12 Apache youth. Each lesson lasts approximately 60-90 minutes. The goal of the sessions will be to teach youth about sexual and reproductive health with a specific focus on safe sex practices and sexual decision making.