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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2011 Jun 16;23(11):1509–1518. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2011.582080

Table 1.

Brief Summaries of Intervention Goals and Contents by Intervention Sessions.

Sessions Main Goals Session Contents
Session 1 Promote reproductive health and disease prevention Female reproductive system and vulnerability
RTIs, treatments, and prevention
Fertility, conception, and contraceptives
Sexual health
Condom and STIs
Session 2 Increase HIV/STI knowledge
Enhance prevention motivation
STIs, HIV, and health consequences
Routes of HIV transmission
Local HIV/STI prevalence and risk
Factors contributing to female vulnerabilities
Risk is not limited to strangers
HIV risk and safe sexual behaviors
Session 3 Build safe sex behavioral skills
Build safe sex norms
Knowledge of male and female condoms
Costs and benefits of HIV prevention
Correct use of condoms and lubricants
Incorrect prevention heuristics
Consistent condom use as a modern behavior
Experience sharing about condom use
Collective commitment to condom use
Session 4 Reinforce individual pride and responsibility
Build self-esteem and confidence
Enhance communication skills
Gender and gender inequalities
Experience sharing about what participants feel good about themselves
My health and my right/responsibilities
Effective ways to talk about HIV/STI risks and and risk reduction with partner(s)
Effective ways to persuade partner(s) to use a condom in different situations
Session 5 Understand the impairment of drugs and alcohol on decision-making
Promote individual right in sexual relationship
Learn to seek peer/social support
Drugs, alcohol, and unsafe sex
Common triggers/antecedents of unsafe sex
Managing triggers/antecedents of risk sex
One can buy my services but not my health
Local social support resources
Seek peer and management support for consistent condom use/risk reduction