Community-level HIV prevention for persons with severe mental illness living in supportive housing programs: a pilot intervention study.
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.
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- 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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DOI
Publication Date
Volume
Start / End Page
Publisher
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