Reducing HIV & Domestic Violence Risk in Women Offenders

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

530 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-09-30

Study Completion Date

2005-01-31

Brief Summary

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The long-term goal of this work is to reduce the prevalence of HIV and domestic violence among women at risk by encouraging self-protective behaviors. To obtain this goal, Multnomah County Health Department and Oregon Department of Human Services have conducted a randomized trial of an intervention to prevent HIV and domestic violence among women who have recent criminal justice involvement and who are at risk for HIV infection.

Women enrolled in the study were randomly assigned to one of three study conditions:

* Group 1: these women received information on local resources addressing HIV prevention, domestic violence, and life stability issues; they did not receive any counseling sessions as part of the study itself.
* Group 2: these women received up to ten supportive counseling sessions based on the techniques of motivational interviewing. These sessions aimed to reduce HIV risk and to improve life stability.
* Group 3: these women received up to ten supportive counseling sessions based on motivational interviewing. These sessions aimed to reduce risk for HIV and domestic violence and to improve life stability.

The primary hypotheses of this study were:

* 1\. Supportive counseling (motivational interviewing) addressing HIV prevention and increased life stability will lead to reductions of HIV risk behavior among women enrolled in the study.
* 2\. Supportive counseling (motivational interviewing) addressing domestic violence prevention, HIV prevention, and increased life stability, will bring about reductions in experiences of domestic violence and a reduction of HIV risk among these women.
* 3\. The supportive counseling received in this study will enhance these women's self-efficacy, self-esteem, and psychological well-being.

Women in all three experimental groups were interviewed at the beginning of the study and again after 4, 7, and 10 months. These assessment interviews asked questions about: HIV risk; experiences of domestic violence; and life stability issues such as education, employment, and housing; and included biological testing for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. Women in Group 2 and Group 3 participated in up to 10 sessions of supportive counseling (motivational interviewing) between the time of enrollment and the 4-month interviews.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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HIV Infections Domestic Violence Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Keywords

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women women's health HIV risk factors risk behaviors prevention motivational interviewing domestic violence partner violence behavioral trial community justice criminal justice

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Motivational interviewing to reduce risk for HIV and DV

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* women
* who were 18 years or older
* who had been in jail or prison in the past year or who were currently on parole or probation
* who had engaged in HIV-related risk behaviors (injection drug use, crack use, intercourse with a male injection drug user, exchanging sex, or having had ten or more sexual partners) in the past year

Exclusion Criteria

* they were unable to give informed consent
* they were HIV positive at the time of screening for enrollment
* they reported highly unstable living conditions at screening

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Principal Investigators

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Michael J. Stark, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Multnomah County Health Department

Locations

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SE Health Center

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R01DA012572

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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