RT Journal
A1 DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM
T1 Human immunodeficiency virus prevention for adolescents: Windows of opportunity for optimizing intervention effectiveness
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2003
FD April 1
VO 157
IS 4
SP 319
OP 320
DO 10.1001/archpedi.157.4.319
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.157.4.319
AB 
IN RESPONSE to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among adolescents, there is an overriding urgency to develop and implement prevention interventions designed to motivate adolescents' adoption and maintenance of HIV-preventive practices. In the past decade, numerous HIV prevention programs have been designed, implemented, and evaluated. Modifying adolescents' HIV risk behavior has been a formidable challenge, but accumulating empirical evidence suggests that in general these programs are effective.1 However, estimating the magnitude of intervention efficacy across these studies has been difficult given the diversity of research designs and the heterogeneity of adolescent populations.