Two-year follow-up of AIDS education programs for impoverished women.

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" Two-year follow-up of AIDS education programs for impoverished women. "
Nyamathi, AM; Kington, RS; Flaskerud, J; Lewis, C; Leake, B

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	916440
Doc. No	:	LA10c8m87f
Title & Author	:	Two-year follow-up of AIDS education programs for impoverished women. [Article]\ Nyamathi, AM; Kington, RS; Flaskerud, J; Lewis, C; Leake, B
Date	:	1999
Title of Periodical	:	UC Irvine
Abstract	:	The long-term effects of two culturally competent AIDS education programs with different content on the risk behavior and AIDS-related knowledge of 410 homeless African American women 2 years after program completion were examined. Participants were members of a larger cohort of impoverished African American and Latina women recruited in Los Angeles from 1989 to 1991. Of a subsample of 527 African American women selected randomly for a 2-year follow-up interview, 410 (78%) were located and agreed to participate. Women participating in both AIDS education programs reported reduced HIV risk behaviors and demonstrated greatly improved AIDS knowledge at 2-year follow-up (p < .001). Women in a specialized program were less likely than those in a traditional program to report noninjection drug use at 2 years. Women in the traditional program had significantly better AIDS knowledge at follow-up (p < .001). These findings suggest that educational programs can produce sustained benefits among impoverished women.