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Sexuality Education - Reduced Sexual Risk

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Strategy researched

Sexuality education programme using a participatory action methodology to reduce sexual risk behaviours

Impact achieved

Those who participated were 3.91 times more likely to have a positive impact regarding attitudes toward HIV and were 1.44 times more likely to show a significant positive difference at post-treatment with regard to self-efficacy for condom use.

Country of study

Colombia

Research methodology

Cluster RCT

Journal

AIDS and Behaviour; 2022

Journal paper title and link

Effects of a Sexual Risk-Reduction Intervention for Teenagers: A Cluster-Randomized Control Trial



Excerpt from Abstract

"In the short term, the experimental group showed increased knowledge about HIV and other STIs, sexual assertiveness, self-efficacy, greater behavioral intention toward condom use, and more favorable attitudes toward HIV and condom use than the control group. After 6 months, most psychological and health variables also showed a significant positive change."