NCJ Number
186388
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 28 Issue: 5 Dated: September/October 2000 Pages: 415-433
Editor(s)
Kent B. Joscelyn
Date Published
2000
Length
19 pages
Annotation
A curriculum for the prevention of risk behaviors related to sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS was developed for incarcerated young people between 13 and 19 years of age.
Abstract
Spanning five general goal areas of self-esteem, communication and condom negotiation, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, the curriculum was developed to encompass 21 to 24 hours of training. Participants included 99 incarcerated young people at a detention center in the southeastern United States. With a pretest-posttest format, goal assessment consisted of 1 to 20 items per objective, using t-test comparisons. With 18 objectives, a significant change was found from pretest to posttest in 14 areas. Areas with the greatest change impact were self-esteem, peer mentor communication, knowledge in five content areas, perceived susceptibility, and intentions to decrease risk behaviors. An appendix contains curriculum and assessment items. 93 references and 3 tables