Students Together against Negative Decisions (STAND): Evaluation of a School-based Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention in the Rural South

Examined the impact of a sexual risk reduction program for rural 10th graders based on diffusion of innovations theory and the transtheoretical model. Students completed either a peer leadership training program or no intervention. Pre- and post-intervention surveys indicated that the intervention p...

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Published in:AIDS education and prevention 2000-02, Vol.12 (1), p.49-70
Main Authors: Smith, Mike U, Dane, Francis C, Archer, Mary E, Devereaux, Randolph S, Katner, Harold P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Adolescent
AIDS
AIDS/HIV
Attitudes
Behavior Modification
Biological and medical sciences
Condoms
Contraception
Data Collection
Decision Making
Diffusion of Innovations Model
Disease transmission
Educational Programs
Female
Grade 10
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
High School Students
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Indexing in process
Infectious diseases
Innovations
Intervention
Knowledge Level
Leadership Training
Male
Medical sciences
Opinion leaders
Peer Group
Peer Influence
Prevention and actions
Program Evaluation
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk
Risk Reduction
Risk taking
Rural Education
Rural Population
Rural Schools
Schools
Secondary Education
Sex Education - standards
Sexual Behavior
Sexuality
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control
Southern States
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
STD
Student Attitudes
Student Behavior
Student Leadership
Students
Students Together Against Negative Decisions
Training
Transtheoretical Model
USA, Southern
Venereal Diseases
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:Examined the impact of a sexual risk reduction program for rural 10th graders based on diffusion of innovations theory and the transtheoretical model. Students completed either a peer leadership training program or no intervention. Pre- and post-intervention surveys indicated that the intervention program resulted in significantly higher levels of sexual knowledge and more positive attitudes and behaviors. (SM)
ISSN:0899-9546
1943-2755