SISTA = Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics about AIDS

The SISTA project is a social-skills training intervention for African American and Hispanic women. It is aimed at reducing HIV sexual risk behavior. It is comprised of five 2-hour sessions, delivered by peer facilitators in a community-based setting. The sessions are gender specific and culturally relevant and include behavioral skills practice, ethnic and gender pride, group discussions, lectures, roleplaying, prevention video viewing, and take-home exercises.

The goal of SISTA is to reduce sexual risk behavior by heterosexually-active African American and Hispanic women at highest risk for HIV.

*Incentives such as food and raffles are provided at each session. Also individual incentive gift cards are earned at each session through goal achievement.