%0 Journal Article
%T Does the combined intervention program matter for college-attending Hispanic and other minority young adults?
%J Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
%D 2017
%A Sunil, Thankam S.
%A Xu, Xiaohe
%A Mutchler, Michelle
%A Casanova, Frederick
%V 28
%N 2S
%P 100-112
%X This evaluation study reports the effects of a combined alcohol-use and sex education intervention program on the knowledge, attitudes, and risk-taking behaviors among college-attending Hispanic and other minority young adults. A random sample of Hispanic, Black, and other racial minority college students aged 18-24 was selected to participate in an intervention study from 2014 to 2016 at a minority-serving institution (MSI) in South Texas. <br><br>RESULTS show that the combined intervention program has significantly increased minority young adults' awareness of risks associated with unprotected sex, safe-sex negotiation skills, and HIV knowledge. Moreover, the combined intervention program has also decreased minority young adults' past-30-day use of alcohol. These results support the assertion that a combined intervention program can serve as an important strategy to help prevent the risk of HIV/STD transmission among college attending Hispanic and racial minority young adults in South Texas.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Johns Hopkins University Press
%@ 1049-2089
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2017.0055