Ecodevelopmental HIV prevention programs for Hispanic adolescents.

The prevention of HIV transmission in Hispanic adolescents.

This article reviews the state of the science in HIV prevention for Hispanic adolescents. The article discusses the importance of preventing HIV in Hispanic adolescents. Literature is reviewed in three broad areas: (1) the prevalence rates of drug and alcohol misuse, sexual practices, and HIV infection; (2) risk and protective factors for drug and alcohol misuse and unprotected sex (in general ...

Predictors of engagement and retention into a parent-centered, ecodevelopmental HIV preventive intervention for Hispanic adolescents and their families.

OBJECTIVE This study examined predictors of engagement and retention into a parent-centered, ecodevelopmental HIV preventive intervention for Hispanic adolescents and their families. The influence of retention on changes in adolescent HIV-risk attitudes was also examined. METHODS Participants in this study were 91 Hispanic adolescents and their primary parents. Structural equation modeling wa...

Prevention Strategies for HIV Infection Risk Reduction Among Hispanic/Latino Adolescents

An empirical test of ecodevelopmental theory in predicting HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic youth.

Ecodevelopmental theory is a theoretical framework used to explain the interplay among risk and protective processes associated with HIV risk behaviors among adolescents. Although ecodevelopmentally based interventions have been found to be efficacious in preventing HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic youth, this theory has not yet been directly empirically tested through a basic research study i...

Designing Prevention Programs for Sensation Seeking Adolescents

In their ancient past, humans learned to engage in the sometimes risky behavior of investigating novel objects in their environments, such as those that were possibly threatening or those which offered new sources of food or other reward, presumably as a means of survival. We call the propensity to seek out novelty, sensation seeking. Today, an emerging body of research from both the biological...