Choosing Life: Empowerment, Actions, Results (CLEAR)

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• Description:
  Choosing Life: Empowerment, Actions, Results (CLEAR) is a 3-module intervention that is delivered in one-on-one sessions to young people living with HIV. Each of the 3 modules is comprised of 6 sessions that focus on different target behaviors. Module 1 focuses on improving youths’ physical health, including the use of and adherence to antiretroviral medication, implementing new daily routines to stay healthy, and coping with their serostatus. Module 2 aims to reduce unprotected sex acts and substance use through the identification of situations that elicit risky behavior. In this module, participants build skills in condom use self-efficacy and negotiation of safer sex. Module 3 aims to reduce emotional distress and to increase quality of life of participants. Each participant is taught relaxation, self-instruction and meditation techniques in order to control negative emotional states. Participants also identify long-term life goals in this module.
• Document Type:
  Report
• CIO:
  NCHHSTP
• Division:
  NCHHSTP_DHAP
• Topic:
  PRS Project HIV Compendium
• Collection(s):
  Historical CDC.gov Content
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3907cd45c5143c4e28499a694c9bd76672bf3e891aaf9ee8f3e5d5f6a0f91a7f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/149525/cdc_149525_DS1.pdf
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