ASC Colloquium - New HIV risk-reduction intervention proves successful
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
John B. Jemmott, III, Ph.D.
Presenting findings from a recent risk-reduction program focusing solely on African American heterosexual couples rather than individual HIV interventions, John B. Jemmott, III, Ph.D., Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication and Psychiatry at Annenberg, explained the framework behind his study during a colloquium held at the Annenberg School on Friday, September 24.
This is the first study to demonstrate the efficacy of an HIV/STD intervention in reducing risky sexual behavior among African American serodiscordant couples in which one partner is HIV-positive and the other is not.
Couples were eligible to participate if each partner was at least 18 years of age; their relationship had existed for at least 6 months; at least one partner reported having unprotected intercourse with the other in the previous 90 days; at least one partner self-identified as African American or Black; each partner was aware of the other’s HIV serostatus; and only one was HIV seropositive and knew that status for at least three months.
More information on the study is available here.
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