«I think it is important that in the
face of the numerous taxes, the special petroleum tax must be removed
with immediate effect,» he told TV3's parliamentary correspondent, Evelyn Tengmaa.
First, the few studies that have followed participants beyond the
immediate intervention period (6 months or less) have noted a decay of intervention
effect on behavior over time, 5,6 prompting members of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel: Intervention to Prevent HIV Risk Behavior to identify sustainability of program effectiveness as 1 of the most important questions that professionals who are concerned
with risk prevention
face.7 A challenge for behavioral change interventions in general, this issue is particularly vexing for interventions that target decreased involvement in sex and substance use
with advancing age during adolescence.8, 9 Second, multiple behaviors (sex without a condom, sex
with multiple partners, substance use before sex, etc) directly and indirectly place individuals at risk for acquisition of HIV.