. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 14.

Published in final edited form as: AIDS Educ Prev. 2018 Dec;30(6):449–462. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2018.30.6.449

Table 1.

MyPEEPS Original Curriculum Components

Session	Topics
1. Introduction and Communication	Intervention overview: discuss effective interpersonal communication and HIV/STI epidemiology in YMSM
2. HIV/AIDS and STIs	Safer sex specific to YMSM, effective condom use, and STIs
3. Managing Minority Stress	Minority stress, its influence on motivation to practice safer sex, and safer sex strategies in situations involving minority stress.
4. Affect and Emotional Regulation	The influence of emotion regulation on motivation to practice safer sex, and safer sex strategies related to session content.
5. Interpersonal and Substance-related Risk Factors	The influence of partner communication and substance use on motivation to practice safer sex, and safer sex strategies related to session content.
6. Goal-making and wrap up	Review intervention content, develop personal risk reduction plans, and identify strategies to overcome barriers to success.