Though it has been speculated that mothers' involvement in HIV risk reduction may be helpful in the fight against HIV, very few interventions involve mothers. The Mother/Daughter HIV Risk Reduction intervention (MDRR), an innovative community-based intervention, trains mothers to be their daughters' primary HIV educators. The results revealed that mothers were effective in increasing the mediating variables and in reducing their daughters' level of sexual activity. Active involvement of mothers is cost-effective.

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - Volume 17, Number 1, February 2006, pp. 218-239

Dancy, Barbara L.Crittenden, Kathleen S.Talashek, Marie L., Mothers' effectiveness as HIV risk reduction educators for adolescent daughters