SiHLE - INACTIVE

Inactive Reason

This program is inactive because it has evidence of favorable impacts that is more than 20 years old. It no longer meets the inclusion criteria for the TPPER.

Developers

Ralph DiClemente, Ph.D., Gina Wingood, Sc.D. M.P.H., Kathy Harrington, Delia Lang, Susan Davies, Edward Hook III, M. Kim Oh, Richard Crosby, Ph.D., Vicki Stover Hertzberg, Angelita Gordon, James Hardin, Ph.D., Shan Parker, and Alyssa Robillard.

Program Summary

SiHLE - Sisters, Informing, Healing, Living, Empowering - is a peer-led, group-level, social-skills training intervention designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among African-American female teenagers who are at high risk of HIV. In addition to HIV prevention, the program addresses relationships, dating, and sexual health within the specific context of the female African-American teenage experience. The program draws upon both cultural and gender pride to give participants the skills and motivations to avoid HIV and other STDs.

Intended Population

The target population is heterosexual African-American females between the ages of 14 and 18 who have had sexual intercourse and are at risk for HIV. The program was evaluated with patients at community health agencies.

Program Setting

The program was designed for and evaluated in community-based organizations and health clinics.

Contact and Availability Information

Sociometrics Corporation
1580 W. El Camino Real, Suite 8
Mountain View, CA 94040
Ph: 650-949-3282
Email: socio@socio.com
Website: https://www.socio.com/products/pasha-sihle-health-workshops-for-young-black-women

Currently no formal training offered

Sample of Curriculum Available for Review Prior to Purchase

Languages Available

English

Monitoring and Evaluation Tools

Monitoring and evaluation tools available

Yes

Monitoring and evaluation tool usage required

Information about available monitoring and evaluation tools (if applicable)

Sociometrics offers the evaluation instruments used in the original implementation of the program and the Prevention Minimum Evaluation Data Set, a generic questionnaire that can be adapted to suit most prevention programs.

Program Components and Core Components

Last updated in 2024

The data presented on this page reflect responses from the program’s developer or distributor to a program component checklist that asked them to report on the individual components within their TPP program. The same program component checklist was sent to the developer or distributor of every active TPP program with evidence of effectiveness. The program component table provides information on seven types of program components including content, delivery mechanism, dosage, staffing, format, context, and intended population characteristics; whether the component was present or optional in the program; whether the component is considered to be core to the program; and the lesson number or activity where the component can be found in the program.

In the drop-down menu below, under “Has component,” there are four options that indicate a component as present in the program: (1) “Yes” indicates that the component is present in at least one version of the program (whether that be the program version that was evaluated, the current version, or both versions); (2) “Yes (both versions)” indicates that the component is present in both the evaluated version of the program and the current version of the program; (3) “Yes (current version)” indicates that the component is present in the current, but not the evaluated, version of the program; and (4) “Yes (evaluated version)” indicates that the component is present in the evaluated version of the program, only. Note that for dosage components, the dosage itself is described in the Notes when available.

Category	Component	Core Component	Component present	Lesson number(s) / activities where present
Delivery mechanism	Other
Dosage	Frequency	Yes	Yes
Dosage	Intensity	Yes	Yes
Dosage	Duration	Yes	Yes
Dosage	Other
Staffing	Deliverer: Community health worker		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Faith-based individual		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Health educator		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Mental health provider		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Mentors		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Parents/family		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Peers	Yes	Yes (both versions)	Sessions 1,2,3, and 4
Staffing	Deliverer: Primary care provider		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Social worker and/or counselor	Yes	Yes (both versions)	Session 1,2,3 and 4
Staffing	Deliverer: Teachers		No
Staffing	Deliverer: Other		No
Staffing	Experience: Credentials		No
Staffing	Experience: Education	No	Yes (both versions)
Staffing	Experience: Other		No
Staffing	Number of staff providing services	No	Yes (both versions)
Staffing	Training: Additional training required		No
Staffing	Training: Developer-led training required	No	Yes (both versions)
Staffing	Training: Other		No
Staffing	Other		No
Format	Group size: Full-group activity		No
Format	Group size: Independent/individual activity		No
Format	Group size: Small-group activity		No
Format	Group size: Other	No	Yes (both versions)
Format	Mode: In-person	No	Yes (both versions)
Format	Mode: Phone (audio)		No
Format	Mode: Phone (text)		No
Format	Mode: Phone (app)		No
Format	Mode: Online/computer (asynchronous)		No
Format	Mode: Online/computer (synchronous)		No
Format	Mode: Other		No
Format	Other		No
Context	Context: Environmental supports	No	Yes (both versions)
Context	Context: Environmental constraints		No
Context	Context: Other		No
Context	Setting: After school		No
Context	Setting: Community based	No	Yes (both versions)
Context	Setting: Correctional facility		No
Context	Setting: Faith based		No
Context	Setting: Health care clinic	No	Yes (both versions)
Context	Setting: Home-based case management		No
Context	Setting: Home/housing		No
Context	Setting: In school (during the school day)		No
Context	Setting: Mental health clinic		No
Context	Setting: Residential facility		No
Context	Setting: School-based health clinic		No

Program Objectives

The goal of the SiHLE program is to teach social skills to reduce risky sexual behaviors among participants. The program seeks to increase assertive communication skills, condom use skills, and self-efficacy.

Program Content

The four SiHLE sessions focus on educating teens on HIV transmission and risk reduction strategies by:

Developing assertive communication skills to demonstrate care for their partners and to negotiate abstinence or safer sex behaviors (particularly condom use and involvement of partners in decision-making)
Building proper condom use skills (including learning how to place a condom on a partner) and positive attitudes, norms and self-efficacy about consistent condom use
Understanding of characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships and the triggers that make negotiating safer sex challenging for teens, and
Empowerment and self-efficacy, based on cultural and gender pride

Program Methods

The program is delivered by one facilitator and two peer mentors through group discussion, role play, activities, and games. Review of previous information is built in throughout the sessions to reinforce knowledge and offer opportunities for questions to be answered.

Program Structure and Timeline

The program is delivered in four sessions that are each four hours long. The ideal group size is 10 to 12 participants with one adult and two peer facilitators.

The program must be delivered in community-based settings, not in school or during school hours.

Staffing

The program requires the use of one adult and two peer facilitators, all of whom should be African American and female. Peer facilitators should be between 18- and 21-years-old who, ideally, have gone through the SiHLE program. There are specific roles for the adult and peer facilitators described in the facilitator's manual.

Staff Training

There is no required training for this program. In the past several organizations have offered formal training, but none are currently specified.

Program Materials and Resources

The following program materials are available through the distributor:

User's Guide
SiHLE Facilitators Manual
Photocopy masters of posters
Participant Handbook
Photocopy masters of additional handouts, the SiHLE Jeopardy game, session evaluations
50 Domestic violence brochures
Prevention Minimum Evaluation Data Set (PMEDS)
Local Evaluator Consultant Network Directory
Original Evaluation Instruments

While a free sample curriculum is not available, providers may purchase an automatic digital download of the user’s guide to review program components, core competencies for facilitators, and scientific evidence of effectiveness. If providers decide to purchase the program, the price of the download is deducted.

Additional Needs for Implementation

Delivery of the program requires the use of condoms and penis models.

Fidelity

SiHLE has a fidelity toolkit/checklist and tools for monitoring program implementation. These may be accessed on the Sociometrics website: https://www.socio.com/products/pasha-sihle-health-workshops-for-young-black-women

Technical Assistance and Ongoing Support

Sociometrics provides telephone technical support on implementation and evaluation for one year with purchase of the program materials.

Allowable Adaptations

All adaptations must be approved by the developer, in consultation with Sociometrics.

Adaptation Guidelines or Kit

Reviewed Studies

Citation	High-Quality Randomized Trial	Moderate-Quality Randomized Trial	Moderate-Quality Quasi-Experiment	Low Study Rating	Did Not Meet Eligibility Criteria
DiClemente et al. 2004 Wingood et al. 2006 Sales et al. 2010
DiClemente et al. 2010
Klein and Card 2011
Danielson et al. 2013

Study Characteristics

Citation	Setting	Majority Age Group	Majority Racial/Ethnic Group	Gender	Sample Size
DiClemente et al. 2004 Wingood et al. 2006 Sales et al. 2010	After school	14 to 17	African American or Black	Young female	522
DiClemente et al. 2010	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Klein and Card 2011	After school	14 to 17	African American or Black	Young female	178
Danielson et al. 2013	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

Study Findings

Evidence by Outcome Domain and Study

Citation	Sexual Activity	Number of Sexual Partners	Contraceptive Use	STIs or HIV	Pregnancy
DiClemente et al. 2004 Wingood et al. 2006 Sales et al. 2010	n.a.
DiClemente et al. 2010	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Klein and Card 2011	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Danielson et al. 2013	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

KEY

Evidence Indication

Favorable findings

Potentially favorable findings

Indeterminate findings

Conflicting findings

Potentially unfavorable findings

Unfavorable findings

Note: n.a. indicates the study did not examine any outcome measures within that particular outcome domain, or the study examined outcome measures within that domain but the findings did not meet the review evidence standards.

Detailed Findings

Citation	Details
DiClemente et al. 2004 Wingood et al. 2006 Sales et al. 2010	The program's evidence of effectiveness was first established in a randomized controlled trial involving sexually active African American females recruited from four community health agencies in the southern United States. Study participants were randomly assigned to either a treatment group that received the intervention or a control group that received a general health promotion intervention on nutrition and exercise. Surveys were administered immediately before the intervention and at follow- ups conducted 6 and 12 months after the intervention. Biological testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomonas was also conducted. The study found that six months after the intervention, adolescents participating in the intervention were significantly less likely to report having a pregnancy and significantly more likely to report consistent condom use in the past 6 months. Adolescents participating in the intervention were significantly more likely to report having used a condom during last sex, reported a significantly higher percentage of condom-protected sexual intercourse acts during both the past 30 days and the past 6 months, were less likely to have had a new vaginal sex partner in the last 30 days, and reported significantly fewer episodes of unprotected sexual intercourse during both the past 30 days and the past 6 months. The study found no statistically significant impacts on self-reported condom use in the past 30 days. The study found that twelve months after the intervention, adolescents participating in the intervention were significantly more likely to report consistent condom use in the both the past 30 days and the past 6 months. Adolescents participating in the intervention were significantly more likely to report using a condom during last sex, reported a significantly higher percentage of condom-protected sexual intercourse acts during both the past 30 days and the past 6 months, and reported significantly fewer episodes of unprotected sexual intercourse during both the past 30 days and the past 6 months. The study found no statistically significant program impacts on self-reported pregnancy in the past 6 months. During the 12-month follow-up period, adolescents participating in the intervention were significantly less likely to have a chlamydia infection. The study found no statistically significant program impacts on gonorrhea or trichomonas infections.
DiClemente et al. 2010
Klein and Card 2011	This study evaluated an adapted version of the SiHLE program with a randomized controlled trial involving African American female adolescents in the San Francisco Bay Area. The adapted "Multimedia" version of the program comprised two one-hour sessions delivered individually by computer. Study participants were randomly assigned to either a treatment group that received the intervention or to a control group that received a general health education session. Surveys were administered immediately before random assignment (baseline) and three months after baseline.The study examined changes in rates of sexual risk behaviors between the baseline and three-month follow-up surveys. However, the study did not test for differences in these outcomes between the treatment and control groups. The study also examined measures of condom-use self-efficacy, knowledge, sexual-communication self-efficacy. Findings for these outcomes were not considered for the review because they fell outside the review of the review.
Danielson et al. 2013

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