Pregnancy Serves As Opportune Time For HIV Prevention Education

Coupling an HIV prevention program with group prenatal care may be an effective method of reducing risks for HIV and sexually transmitted infections. Researchers bundled an HIV prevention program with group prenatal care and examined its effect on STI incidence, repeat pregnancy, sexual risk behavior and psychosocial risk. Among the sample of 1,047, the average age of participants was 20.4 years and 80 percent were African American women.

Source: Pregnancy Serves As Opportune Time For HIV Prevention Education