SiHLE is an adaptation of the SISTA intervention developed by the Midwest Prevention Intervention Center of the African American Prevention Network (MPIC-APIN) in St. Louis. It is a peer-led, group-level, social-skills training intervention designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among African-American female teenagers who are at high risk of HIV. In addition to HIV prevention, the program addresses relationships, dating and sexual health within the specific context of the female African-American teenage experience, drawing upon both cultural and gender pride to give participants the skills and motivations to avoid HIV and other STDs.