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The Well Woman Program: a community-based randomized trial to prevent sexually transmitted infections in low-income African American women.
Full Abstract
In this sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention study, we compared the efficacy of the Well Woman Program (WWP), a nurse practitioner-directed, culturally specific, intensive intervention, to minimal intervention (MI), brief lecture, and referral to usual care, in a community-based randomized controlled trial. African American women having past STIs and residing in high-risk communities were randomly assigned to the two groups. STI outcome was measured at baseline and three later points. A random effects logistic longitudinal regression model showed that, at baseline, approximately 75% of participants tested positive for an STI, predominantly trichomoniasis. At month 15, the estimated probability of a WWP participant having an STI was 20% less than an MI participant. Better STI outcomes were due to the intensive individualized intervention. (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Author information
Author/s: Marion, Lucy N (LN); Finnegan, Lorna (L); Campbell, Richard T (RT); Szalacha, Laura A (LA);
Affiliation: School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St., Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Grants: R01 NR 04836 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Journal: Research in nursing & health (Res Nurs Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Jun; vol 32 (issue 3) : pp 274-85
Dates: Created 2009/05/07; Completed 2009/05/28;
PMID: 19373824, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/28/2009, IMS Date: 28 May 2009 00:00:00)
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