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Description:HORIZONS is a group-level, gender- and culturally tailored STD/HIV intervention for African American adolescent females seeking sexual health services. The intervention comprises 2 group sessions (4 hours each) and 4 individual telephone calls (15 minutes each) conducted over 9 months after the group sessions. The 2 group sessions are implemented on 2 consecutive Saturdays with approximately 8 participants per session. The 4 individual follow-up calls are designed to reinforce prevention concepts discussed in group sessions. Both group sessions and phone contacts are conducted by African American women health educators. The interactive group sessions foster a sense of cultural and gender pride and emphasize diverse factors contributing to adolescents’ STD/HIV risk, including individual factors (STD/HIV risk-reduction knowledge, perceived peer norms supportive of condom use, and condom use skills), relational factors (persuasive communication techniques to enhance male partner responsibility for condom use), sociocultural factors (encouragement to reduce douching), and structural factors (male partners’ access to services). Participants role play informing male sex partners about their STD status and encouraging partners to seek STD screening/treatment. Participants also receive $20 vouchers redeemable by their male partner(s) towards the cost of STD services
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