HIV risk reduction strategies for low-income African American women

Intervention strategies from the Health Education Reaching Out into the Community project that can be used in the clinical setting to assist low-income African American women adopt sexual behavior that is low risk for human immunodeficiency virus are discussed. These strategies include allocation of adequate time, the nurse practitioner's acceptance of the client, the use of adult learning principles, and active client participation through discussion, return demonstration, role play, and promotion of the client's ownership of the information learned.