Mentoring relationships are characterized by a sustained, high quality, and skill‐building relationship between a protégé and mentor (Handbook of Youth Mentoring, Los Angeles, SAGE, 2014). Within prevention science, youth mentoring programs emphasize creating a specific context that benefits a young person. Program‐sponsored relationships between youth and adults allow for creating a mentor–mentee partnership, but do not require the establishment of a strong bond in order to deliver prevention‐focused activities and experiences (Handbook of Youth Mentoring, Los Angeles, SAGE, 2014). Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a counseling style used widely to promote health behavior change and in prevention interventions. As part of an upstream approach to HIV prevention, we combined mentoring and MI by training peer mentors to use MI skills in their interactions as part of a large RCT of a mobile life skills intervention for adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM). Our training model developed for training peer mentors in MI skills resulted in peers reaching and exceeding established MI fidelity thresholds (e.g., mean percentage of complex reflections = 80%, mean reflection to question ratio = 2.2:1). We offer reflections on lessons learned and future directions for those researchers and practitioners who may benefit from adapting this blended approach for mentoring AMSM.

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在基于流动动机访谈的指导方法中培训年轻的成年同伴，以预防上游 HIV

指导关系的特点是门徒和导师之间持续、高质量和技能培养的关系（《青年指导手册》，洛杉矶，SAGE，2014 年）。在预防科学中，青年指导计划强调创造一个有利于年轻人的特定环境。青年和成人之间的计划赞助关系允许建立导师-学员伙伴关系，但不需要建立牢固的联系以提供以预防为重点的活动和经验（青年指导手册，洛杉矶，SAGE，2014 年）。动机访谈 (MI) 是一种广泛用于促进健康行为改变和预防干预的咨询方式。作为预防 HIV 的上游方法的一部分，我们通过培训同伴导师在他们的互动中使用 MI 技能将指导和 MI 结合起来，作为针对男男性行为青少年 (AMSM) 的移动生活技能干预的大型 RCT 的一部分。我们为在 MI 技能方面培训同伴导师而开发的培训模型导致同伴达到并超过既定的 MI 保真度阈值（例如，复杂反映的平均百分比 = 80%，平均反映与问题的比率 = 2.2:1）。我们为那些可能受益于采用这种混合方法来指导 AMSM 的研究人员和从业者提供对经验教训和未来方向的反思。