Hip Hop Revolution is a community-based program primarily for African

American teens aged 14-18. This eight-session program was designed as an HIV/AIDS, STD’s and Violence prevention program and includes information on pregnancy prevention as well. Group discussion and role-playing activities seek to build participants’ communication and decision making skills regarding sexual behavior, HIV/STD and pregnancy prevention. Abstinence education is also integrated into the program and is discussed as the best way to prevent pregnancy, promote health screening, reduce violence in the home and community HIV/STd’s infection.

 

• Sexually experienced participants have lower levels of sexual activity one year after

completion of the  program and immediately after completing the program, participants are more likely to use condoms during sex, put off dating, discuss and change behavior in reference to one-on-relationships with the opposite sex, and take into consideration whether safety is compromised in dating relationship.  One year after finishing the program, females were more likely to use condoms, consider not dating and the impacts of violence on females, safety and health awareness of disease and abstinence

 

Hip-Hop is being adapted for other groups of youth, including whites, Latinos, and mixed race, teens. To date, these programs have not been as rigorously evaluated as the original program.

 

Program costs included /for training group leaders and -$25 per group leader trainee for curriculum and training materials. Travel costs averaged an additional

Program Description

Hip-Hop is a community-based HIV prevention program ― which also focuses on pregnancy

 

Prevention ― designed to increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS among African American youth.

Population Served and Setting

 

Hip-Hop serves African American boys and girls aged 12-18. The program is usually conducted in non-school community settings and includes teens both in and out of school.