This trial is testing a 8-session manualized group coping skills intervention focused on reducing sexual risk behaviours and psychosocial distress among sexual and gender minority youth. The intervention is delivered by two facilitators (primarily social workers and peers) in a manner that affirms participants' sexual and gender minority identities and experiences. All participants receive the intervention in clusters over the course of the five-year trial.
2 Primary · 1 Secondary · Reporting Duration: Baseline visit (week -1), postintervention visit (week 8), 6-month follow-up (week 32), 1-year follow-up (week 56)
Active Control
Experimental Treatment
300 Total Participants · 2 Treatment Groups
Primary Treatment: AFFIRM · No Placebo Group · N/A
Age 14 - 29 · All Participants · 4 Total Inclusion Criteria
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