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Efficacy of a Culturally Adapted Intervention for Youth Living with HIV in Uganda

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This study examined whether a culturally adapted version of a previously evaluated efficacious HIV prevention program reduced sexual risk behaviors of youth living with HIV (YLH) in Uganda. YLH, 14 to 21 years, were randomized to intervention (N = 50) or control (N = 50) conditions. Significantly more YLH in the intervention used condoms consistently and decreased their number of sexual partners in comparison to the control condition. Western interventions can be culturally adapted to retain efficacy in reducing the sexual risk behavior of YLH.

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This study was support by grant #R01 DA-07903 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The authors would like to acknowledge the staff at Uganda Youth Development Link and the young people who shared their lives with the research team.

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  1. Center for Community Health, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Marguerita A. Lightfoot, W. Scott Comulada & Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus

  2. Uganda Youth Development Link, P.O. Box 12659, Kampala, Uganda

    Rogers Kasirye

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Correspondence to Marguerita A. Lightfoot.

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Source of Support: R01 DA-07903 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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Lightfoot, M.A., Kasirye, R., Comulada, W.S. et al. Efficacy of a Culturally Adapted Intervention for Youth Living with HIV in Uganda. Prev Sci 8, 271–273 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-007-0074-5

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