Reduced sexual risk behaviors among people living with HIV: Results from the Healthy Relationships Outcome Monitoring Project

AIDS Behav. 2011 Nov;15(8):1677-90. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-9913-2.

Abstract

In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded seven community-based organizations (CBOs) to conduct outcome monitoring of Healthy Relationships. Healthy Relationships is an evidence-based behavioral intervention for people living with HIV. Demographic and sexual risk behaviors recalled by participants with a time referent of the past 90 days were collected over a 17-month project period using a repeated measures design. Data were collected at baseline, and at 3 and 6 months after the intervention. Generalized estimating equations were used to assess the changes in sexual risk behaviors after participation in Healthy Relationships. Our findings show that participants (n = 474) in the outcome monitoring project reported decreased sexual risk behaviors over time, such as fewer number of partners (RR = 0.55; 95% CI 0.41-0.73, P < 0.001) and any unprotected sex events (OR = 0.44; 95% CI 0.36-0.54, P < 0.001) at 6 months after the intervention. Additionally, this project demonstrates that CBOs can successfully collect and report longitudinal outcome monitoring data.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Black or African American
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • Healthy People Programs
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Risk Reduction Behavior*
  • Risk-Taking
  • Sexual Behavior*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control
  • United States