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

This study evaluated the efficacy of the COMPAS program in the short term and 6 months after its application. For the initial sample, 2047 teenagers aged 14–19 years from 14 schools in 11 Colombian cities participated; eight schools were randomly assigned to the experimental condition and six to the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:AIDS and behavior 2022-07, Vol.26 (7), p.2446-2458
Main Authors: Gómez-Lugo, Mayra, Morales, Alexandra, Saavedra-Roa, Alejandro, Niebles-Charris, Janivys, Abello-Luque, Daniella, Marchal-Bertrand, Laurent, García-Roncallo, Paola, García-Montaño, Eileen, Pérez-Pedraza, Diana, Espada, Jose P., Vallejo-Medina, Pablo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Assertiveness
Condoms
Disease prevention
Educational programs
Evaluation
Health Psychology
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infectious Diseases
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Paper
Pregnancy
Prevention
Public Health
Risk management
Risk reduction
Schools
Sex education
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Teenage pregnancy
Teenagers
Variables
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study evaluated the efficacy of the COMPAS program in the short term and 6 months after its application. For the initial sample, 2047 teenagers aged 14–19 years from 14 schools in 11 Colombian cities participated; eight schools were randomly assigned to the experimental condition and six to the control group. The participants completed self-report assessments that evaluated several variables theoretically associated with protective sexual behaviors. 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. In conclusion, the COMPAS program is the first school-based sexuality education program that has been shown to be effective in reducing mediating and behavioral variables associated with sexual risk reduction in Colombia.
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-022-03574-z