Females of African American Legacy Empowering Self (FemAALES)

All participants will be provided a STD/HIV pre-test counseling session. This session will be provided by either certified project staff or clinical staff at a Los Angeles clinic that conduct State of CA Fam Pact services for patients who are of child bearing age, including our current study partner St. John's Well Child and Family Center and our former study partner, JWCH (John Wesley Community Health) Institute-Wesley Health Center Clinics. Following the counseling session, the participant will be asked to provide a sample of urine to test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.

Women will attend 9 small group sessions over 4 weeks. Three of these sessions will focus specifically on participants learning to use a computer, set up an email account, communicate with the team and the group using the Internet, and developing a prevention message for display on project website and social media accounts. The other 6 sessions will include discussions on the following topics: being a Black woman in American, Black history, assessing personal health, changing current behaviors, HIV/AIDS information, and education, self-empowerment, communication skills, reasons to change, and goal setting.