The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Motivational Interviewing Intervention for HIV-Infected Youth in an Urban Outpatient Clinic: A Pilot Study

摘要

Youth living with HIV (YLH) are at an increased risk for nonadherence to medications and nondisclosure of an HIV diagnosis to their sexual contacts. Many factors unique to youth contribute to this risk including developmental stage, physical development, and social and cultural issues that surround the disease (D'Angelo, Abdalian, Sarr, Hoffman, & Belzer, 2001; Edberg, 2007; Foster, Waelbrouk, & Peltier, 2007; Shears, 2005). There are limited data for HIV-infected youth regarding how to improve medication adherence and disclosure of diagnosis, how to maintain healthy lives, and how to prevent the spread of the disease in their communities.