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HIV: Issues with Mental Health and Illness

Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study.

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Sikkema, KJ; Meade, CS; Doughty Berry, JD; Zimmerman, SO; Kloos, B; Snow, DL
2007

Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) are at risk for HIV/AIDS. Despite the availability of supportive community programs for those with SMI, there have been no published evaluations of community-level HIV prevention trials among this population. A pilot intervention trial was conducted to determine the feasibility of such an intervention in supportive housing programs (SHPs). A multi-component community-level trial was implemented in two SHPs with a total of 28 residents. Participants completed assessments at three time points: prior to the intervention (baseline), following skills training (post-assessment), and following the 4-month community intervention (follow- up). Results demonstrated significant improvements in psychosocial risk factors at both post- and follow-up assessments, with indications of sexual behavior change at follow-up. The community-level intervention appeared to reduce the risk of HIV among persons with SMI living in SHPs, and supports the importance of conducting larger scale intervention trials.

Duke Scholars

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Publication Date

2007

Volume

33

Start / End Page

121 / 135

Publisher

The Hawthorne Press, Inc.

Related Subject Headings

  • Therapeutic Community
  • Social Support
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Risk-Taking
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Psychological Tests
  • Program Evaluation
  • Preventive Health Services
  • Pilot Projects
 

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Sikkema, K. J., Meade, C. S., Doughty Berry, J. D., Zimmerman, S. O., Kloos, B., & Snow, D. L. (2007). Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study. In M. M. Eisenberg & M. B. Blank (Eds.), HIV: Issues with Mental Health and Illness (Vol. 33, pp. 121–135). The Hawthorne Press, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1300/J005v33n01_10
Sikkema, K. J., C. S. Meade, J. D. Doughty Berry, S. O. Zimmerman, B. Kloos, and D. L. Snow. “Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study.” In HIV: Issues with Mental Health and Illness, edited by M. M. Eisenberg and M. B. Blank, 33:121–35. The Hawthorne Press, Inc., 2007. https://doi.org/10.1300/J005v33n01_10.
Sikkema KJ, Meade CS, Doughty Berry JD, Zimmerman SO, Kloos B, Snow DL. Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study. In: Eisenberg MM, Blank MB, editors. HIV: Issues with Mental Health and Illness. The Hawthorne Press, Inc.; 2007. p. 121–35.
Sikkema, K. J., et al. “Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study.HIV: Issues with Mental Health and Illness, edited by M. M. Eisenberg and M. B. Blank, vol. 33, The Hawthorne Press, Inc., 2007, pp. 121–35. Manual, doi:10.1300/J005v33n01_10.
Sikkema KJ, Meade CS, Doughty Berry JD, Zimmerman SO, Kloos B, Snow DL. Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study. In: Eisenberg MM, Blank MB, editors. HIV: Issues with Mental Health and Illness. The Hawthorne Press, Inc.; 2007. p. 121–135.

DOI

Publication Date

2007

Volume

33

Start / End Page

121 / 135

Publisher

The Hawthorne Press, Inc.

Related Subject Headings

  • Therapeutic Community
  • Social Support
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Risk-Taking
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Psychological Tests
  • Program Evaluation
  • Preventive Health Services
  • Pilot Projects