TY - JOUR T1 - A culturally and sex specific behavioural intervention reduced sexually transmitted diseases in minority women JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 121 LP - 121 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.4.121 VL - 2 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/4/121.abstract N2 - Shain RN,Piper JM,Newton ER, et al.A randomized, controlled trial of a behavioral intervention to prevent sexually transmitted disease among minority women.N Engl J Med1999 Jan 14; 340:93–100.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Question Can a culturally and sex specific small group, cognitive behavioural intervention prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in high risk African-American and Mexican-American women? Randomised, unblinded, controlled trial with follow up at 6 and 12 months.Public health clinics in San Antonio, Texas, USA.617 English speaking, Mexican-American and African-American women, who had a non-viral STD (chlamydial infection, gonorrhoea, syphilis, or trichomonal infection). 6 and 12 month follow up rates were 82% and 89%, respectively.After stratification by race and ethnicity, 313 women were allocated to the behavioural intervention, which consisted of 3 weekly small group sessions, each lasting 3–4 hours. Groups comprised 5–6 women and a trained woman facilitator, all of whom were of the same race or ethnicity. 1 session addressed the … ER -