Keepin' it R.E.A.L.!: results of a mother-adolescent HIV prevention program.

Background: The concern that adolescents may be placing themselves at risk for contracting HIV has led to widespread public and parental support for HIV prevention programs. Several programs on increasing communication between parents and teenagers have been tested, but the study of the impact of these programs on resulting sexual behavior is lacking.

Objective: To test the efficacy of two interventions for mothers and their adolescents in delaying initiation of sexual intercourse for youth who are not sexually active and encouraging the use of condoms among sexually active youth.

Keepin' it R.E.A.L.!: program description and results of baseline assessment.

In this article, the authors present the results of the analysis of the baseline data from Keepin' it R.E.A.