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Effects of a School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Adolescents on HIV Risk Behavior in Young Adulthood

Authors: Kenneth W. Griffin, Gilbert J. Botvin, Tracy R. Nichols

Published in: Prevention Science | Issue 1/2006

Abstract

Early onset of substance use among adolescents has been found to be associated with later risky sexual behaviors. This study examined long-term follow-up data from a large randomized school-based drug prevention trial to (1) investigate the long-term impact of the prevention program on drug use and sexual behaviors that put one at elevated risk for HIV infection; and (2) use growth modeling procedures to examine potential mechanisms of intervention effects. Self-report survey data were collected from students in the 7th grade, prior to the intervention in 1985, and in grades 8, 9, 10, and 12. Participants in the intervention condition received a 30-session drug prevention program in 7th through 9th grades. Follow-up surveys were completed by 2042 young adults (mean age = 24) in 1998. As young adults, participants were considered to be engaging in high-risk behavior for HIV infection if they reported having multiple sex partners, having intercourse when drunk or very high, and recent high-risk substance use. The intervention had a direct protective effect on HIV risk behavior in the overall sample in young adulthood. Furthermore, among participants receiving 60% or more of the prevention program, analyses showed that the intervention significantly reduced growth in alcohol and marijuana intoxication over the course of adolescence, which in turn was associated with a reduction in later HIV risk behavior. The behavioral effects of competence-enhancement drug prevention programs can extend to risk behaviors including those that put one at risk for HIV infection.

There were no differences across experimental condition at the follow-up assessment in terms of the use of condoms during intercourse, with 78.7% of the intervention group reporting that they do not always use condoms compared to 78.2% of controls, χ ²(1)=0.05, p < .82.

As in previous research (Botvin et al., 1990, 1995a, 1995b), one-tailed significance tests were used for the analyses of intervention effects as warranted by the unidirectional nature of hypothesized effects and the results of previous research using similar prevention approaches.

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Title: Effects of a School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Adolescents on HIV Risk Behavior in Young Adulthood
Authors: Kenneth W. Griffin
Gilbert J. Botvin
Tracy R. Nichols
Publication date: 01-03-2006
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Prevention Science / Issue 1/2006
Print ISSN: 1389-4986
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6695
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-006-0025-6

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