TY - JOUR T1 - Skills training reduced sexual risk behaviours in homeless men with mental illness JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 15 LP - 15 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.1.15 VL - 2 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/1/15.abstract N2 - Susser E, Valencia E, Berkman A, et al.Human immunodeficiency virus sexual risk reduction in homeless men with mental illness.Arch Gen Psychiatry1998 Mar;55:266–72OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Question Can a skills training intervention reduce sexual risk behaviours in homeless men who have mental illness? Randomised controlled trial with 6 and 18 months follow up.200 bed municipal men's shelter in New York City, New York, USA.97 men attending a psychiatric outreach programme. 59 of the men were sexually active at baseline (defined as having had vaginal or oral sex in the past 6 mo); most were ≥35 years of age (58%), African-American (58%) or Latino (35%), had not completed high school (56%), and had psychiatric diagnoses of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (57%) or major or bipolar depression (27%). For sexually active men, follow up was 100% at 6 months and 95% at 18 months.52 men were allocated to the Sex, Games, and Videotapes (SexG) intervention, which involved 15 interactive … ER -