Preliminary Impacts of an HIV-Prevention Program Targeting Out-of-School Youth in Postconflict Liberia.
Preliminary Impacts of an HIV-Prevention Program Targeting Out-of-School Youth in Postconflict Liberia.
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针对利比里亚后的校外青年的艾滋病毒预防计划的初步影响。
DOI：
10.1177/2333794x18754452
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Morris CA
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作者：
Kennedy SB;Atwood K;Harris AO;Taylor CH;Shamblen S;Nagbe WM;Gobeh ME;Sosu F;Tegli JK;Morris CA
Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa account for greater HIV/STI (human immuno defiency virus/sexually transmitted infection) burdens and difficult-to-reach populations. This study implemented a community-based HIV/STI program to reach at-risk youth aged 15 to 17 years in postconflict Liberia. Using a randomized controlled trial, community youths were assigned to an adapted version of an effective HIV/STI program, Making Proud Choices, or attention-matched comparison curriculum, General Health Program. Both programs were of similar doses, reach and coverage, and administered in classroom settings by trained health educators. The findings suggest that the adapted HIV/STI program had positive effects on knowledge, sexual refusal and condom use self-efficacy, condom negotiation self-efficacy, positive condom attitudes, parental communication about sex, and negative condom attitudes over time. Culturally adapted community-based, behavioral-driven programs can positively affect mediators of sexual behaviors in at-risk adolescents in postconflict settings. This is the first published report of an evidence-based HIV/STI program on sexual risk-taking behaviors of community youths in Liberia.
