HIV/STI risk-reduction intervention efficacy with South African adolescents over 54 months
| Autor: | Loretta Sweet Jemmott, Scarlett L. Bellamy, Ann O'Leary, G. Anita Heeren, David A. Lewis, Anne M. Teitelman, Craig Carty, Larry D. Icard, Monde Makiwane, Joanne C. Tyler, Zolani Ngwane, John B. Jemmott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Sexual Behavior Gonorrhea Population Psychological intervention HIV Infections Context (language use) Health Promotion Article South Africa Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Humans Mass Screening Medicine Young adult education Applied Psychology Mass screening education.field_of_study Trichomoniasis business.industry medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Female business Risk Reduction Behavior |
| Zdroj: | Health Psychology. 34:610-621 |
| ISSN: | 1930-7810 0278-6133 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/hea0000140 |
| Popis: | Objective: Little research has tested HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk-reduction interventions effects on early adolescents as they age into middle and late adolescence. This study tested whether intervention-induced reductions in unprotected intercourse during a 12-month period endured over a 54-month period and whether the intervention reduced the prevalence of STIs which increase risk for HIV. Method: Grade 6 learners (mean age = 12.4 years) participated in a 12-month trial in Eastern Cape Province South Africa in which 9 matched pairs of schools were randomly selected and within pairs randomized to a theory-based HIV/STI risk-reduction intervention or an attention-control intervention. They completed 42- and 54-month postintervention measures of unprotected intercourse (the primary outcome) other sexual behaviors theoretical constructs and at 42- and 54-month follow-up only biologically confirmed curable STIs (chlamydial infection gonorrhea and trichomoniasis) and herpes simplex virus 2. Results: The HIV/STI risk-reduction intervention reduced unprotected intercourse averaged over the entire follow-up period (OR = 0.42 95% CI [0.22 0.84]) an effect not significantly reduced at 42- and 54-month follow-up compared with 3- 6- and 12-month follow-ups. The intervention caused positive changes on theoretical constructs averaged over the 5 follow-ups although most effects weakened at long-term follow-up. Although the interventions main effect on STIs was nonsignificant an Intervention Condition × Time interaction revealed that it significantly reduced curable STIs at 42-month follow-up in adolescents who reported sexual experience. Conclusion: These results suggest that theory-based behavioral interventions with early adolescents can have long-lived effects in the context of a generalized severe HIV epidemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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