Mathews, Catherine, Eggers, Sander M, Townsend, Loraine et al. (9 more authors) (2016) Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV : Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. AIDS and behavior. pp. 1821-1840. ISSN 1573-3254
Abstract
Young South Africans, especially women, are at high risk of HIV. We evaluated the effects of PREPARE, a multi-component, school-based HIV prevention intervention to delay sexual debut, increase condom use and decrease intimate partner violence (IPV) among young adolescents. We conducted a cluster RCT among Grade eights in 42 high schools. The intervention comprised education sessions, a school health service and a school sexual violence prevention programme. Participants completed questionnaires at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Regression was undertaken to provide ORs or coefficients adjusted for clustering. Of 6244 sampled adolescents, 55.3 % participated. At 12 months there were no differences between intervention and control arms in sexual risk behaviours. Participants in the intervention arm were less likely to report IPV victimisation (35.1 vs. 40.9 %; OR 0.77, 95 % CI 0.61-0.99; t(40) = 2.14) suggesting the intervention shaped intimate partnerships into safer ones, potentially lowering the risk for HIV.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, The authors. |
Keywords: | Adolescents, HIV prevention, Intimate partner violence, Randomised controlled trial, Sexual risk behaviour, Humans, Sex Education/methods, Condoms/statistics & numerical data, Crime Victims, HIV Infections/prevention & control, Intimate Partner Violence/prevention & control, Sex Offenses, Risk-Taking, Adolescent, Safe Sex, Adult, Female, Surveys and Questionnaires, Adolescent Behavior, Sexual Behavior/psychology, Sexual Partners, School Health Services, Interpersonal Relations, Schools |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 17 May 2016 10:25 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2024 00:27 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1410-1 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1410-1 |
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