Dataset from PROJECT �R�: An Innovative Friendship Based HIV/STI Intervention for High Risk African American Females

A group-randomized controlled design to test the efficacy of the Project �R� intervention, a community-based adolescent social network HIV/STI intervention tailored to African American culture. Four community based organization sites (CBOs) were randomly assigned to an experimental or attention control condition. In both conditions, sexually experienced African American adolescent females recruited members of their friendship group for the five-hour program. In the experimental condition, the intervention group received the half-day Project �R� intervention. The attention control group received a standard health promotion control program which had been used previously with similar populations. All participants completed pre-, post-, and 3-month follow-up self-administered questionnaires. In the experimental condition, a subset of groups participated in a process evaluation focus group immediately following the program.\n