This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by DiIorio, C. Articles by Lipana, J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by DiIorio, C. Articles by Lipana, J. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Child Behavior Disorders Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Keepin’ It R.E.A.L.!: Program Description and Results of Baseline Assessment

Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgiacdiiori{at}sph.emory.edu

Ken Resnicow, PhD

Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Stephen Thomas, PhD

Center for Minority Health

Dongqing Terry Wang, MSPH

Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

William N. Dudley, PhD

College of Nursing, Research Office, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Deborah F. Van Marter, MPH

Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., West Kingston, Rhode Island

Jenny Lipana, MPH, CHES

Education Program Development, Arthritis Foundation National Office, Atlanta, Georgia

In this article, the authors present the results of the analysis of the baseline data from Keepin’it R.E.A.L.!, an HIV prevention project developed for mothers and their adolescents. Six hundred twelve mostly male (60.6%) and African American (98.2%) adolescents completed baseline assessments. Eleven percent of the adolescent participants reported initiating sexual intercourse. Adolescent participants expressing higher levels of self-efficacy to resist peer pressure, more favorable outcome expectancies, less communication about sex with their mothers, higherlevels of self-concept related to theirbehavior, lowerlevels of self-concept related to popularity, and less stress reported fewer types of intimate sexual behaviors. Adolescent participants who reported higher self-efficacy to resist peer pressure to have sex and lower levels of stress were less likely to have initiated sexual inter-course. Selected characteristics of mothers did not contribute to understanding factors associated with intimate sexual behaviors or initiation of sexual intercourse among adolescent participants.

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 29, No. 1, 104-123 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/109019810202900110


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				H. Onya, L. E. Aaro, and S. N. Madu Social outcome expectations regarding delayed sexual debut among adolescents in Mankweng, South Africa Scand J Public Health, June 1, 2009; 37(2_suppl): 92 - 100. [Abstract] [PDF]

				C. DiIorio, F. McCarty, K. Resnicow, S. Lehr, and P. Denzmore REAL Men: A Group-Randomized Trial of an HIV Prevention Intervention for Adolescent Boys Am J Public Health, June 1, 2007; 97(6): 1084 - 1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. K. Matthews, N. Berrios, J. S. Darnell, and E. Calhoun A Qualitative Evaluation of a Faith-Based Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Intervention for African American Women Health Educ Behav, October 1, 2006; 33(5): 643 - 663. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. M. Dolcini, L. Canin, A. Gandelman, and H. Skolnik Theoretical Domains: A Heuristic for Teaching Behavioral Theory in HIV/STD Prevention Courses Health Promot Pract, October 1, 2004; 5(4): 404 - 417. [Abstract] [PDF]