Sisters Saving Sisters

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Description:
  The Sisters Saving Sisters intervention is a single-session, small group intervention to reduce risky sexual behaviors and STDs among African American and Latina adolescent girls. This intervention is culturally and developmentally appropriate, and is delivered to groups of 2-10 participants. Through the use of group discussions, videotape s, games and exercises, the intervention addresses beliefs relevant to HIV/STD risk reduction, illustrates correct condom use, and depicts effective condom use negotiation. Participants handle condoms, practice correct use of condoms with anatomical models , and engage in role playing to increase condom use negotiation skills. Participants also learn about their personal vulnerability to HIV, and barriers to condom use including alcohol and drug use .
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Epidemiology Data Interpretation, Statistical Epidemics Epidemiological Monitoring HIV Public Health Surveillance Statistics Tables
• Keywords:
  DHP_HIV_Reports PRS Project HIV Compendium
• Series:
  Compendium of Evidence-Based Interventions and Best Practices for HIV Prevention
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP)
• Division:
  DHP - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6e458a6eddc928e58b34a56c7f0f5d5cd6a4bb1586e81a7c96c3a2aa73ed0b71fde73a5301974bc25f6fbdf069e5322a2c9648661642f479d009d229ad4c7556
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/149501/cdc_149501_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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