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Summer Odom; Ann Bianchi – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To implement a STI risk behavior reduction program to reduce sexual risk behaviors in university-aged students. Participants: Fifty-nine freshman from the university participated in the STI Risk Behavior Reduction program. Methods: Pre- and post-test design using descriptive statistics evaluated the STI Risk Behavior Reduction Program.…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Risk, College Freshmen, Sexuality
Fatoba, Abiodun Folakemi; Angaama, Daniel; Ogunniyi, Meshach Bolaji – South African Journal of Education, 2022
The life orientation programme (LOP) was introduced to all schools in South Africa to help learners to, among others, take cognisance of their sexual lives. Before the programme was introduced in the 2006, many learners had become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The programme was introduced based on the perceptions that some…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Descriptions, Sexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Manjarres-Posada, Natalia Isabel; Benavides-Torres, Raquel A.; Pérez Baleón, Guadalupe Fabiola; Urrutia Soto, María Teresa; Onofre-Rodríguez, Dora Julia; Barbosa-Martínez, Rosalva del Carmen; Márquez-Vega, María Aracely – SAGE Open, 2022
Repeat adolescent pregnancy is a public health problem worldwide. Different interventions aimed at increasing the use of contraception and preventing repeat pregnancies have been implemented and their effectiveness has been evaluated. This systematic review evaluates the results of the efficacy of diverse interventions for contraceptive use and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pregnancy, Adolescents, Prevention
Cheryl A. Vamos; Joseph A. Puccio; Stacey B. Griner; Rachel G. Logan; Rumour Piepenbrink; Morgan Richardson Cayama; Sharonda M. Lovett; Helen Mahony; Ellen M. Daley – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To explore health literacy needs and preferences for a technology-based intervention (app) to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH) among college students. Participants: In Spring 2019, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 participants (10 male, 10 female) from a large, public university. Methods: Interview guide was…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sex Education, Health Education
Krystle McConnell; Sahra Ibrahimi; Martha Yumiseva; Salwa Shan; Amy Lewin – Prevention Science, 2025
This study evaluates El Camino, a goal-setting sexual health promotion program developed for Latino youth. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted in grades 9-12 in 68 classrooms (n = 746 students) across 11 schools in Maryland with large populations of Latino students. A total of 208 students were lost to follow-up, leaving 538…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Pregnancy, Pregnant Students, Adolescents
Daley, Ellen M.; Marhefka, Stephanie L.; Wang, Wei; Noble, Charlotte A.; Mahony, Helen; Arzola, Saba; Singleton, Ashley; Malmi, Markku; Ziemba, Robert; Turner, DeAnne; Marwah, Elizabeth; Walsh-Buhi, Eric R. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: This study evaluated the longitudinal impact of the Teen Outreach Programme (TOP) on adolescent pregnancy, sexual behaviour, risky sex and sexual intentions in non-metropolitan high schools. Design: Pair-matched, cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting: Non-metropolitan public high schools in Florida, USA. Methods: TOP was…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Risk, Sexuality, Comparative Analysis
LeCroy, Craig Winston; Milligan-LeCroy, Skyler; Lopez, Darlene – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a gender-specific intervention targeted to adolescent males to reduce sexual risks. Method: This study used a randomized clinical trial comparing a broad-based male empowerment curriculum with a no-treatment control group. The sample (N = 580) was recruited…
Descriptors: Males, Single Sex Classes, Sex Education, Risk
Demers, Alicia; Goesling, Brian; Wen, Andrew; Spiegel, Jennifer – Mathematica, 2022
Among programs designed to reduce teen pregnancy, few evidence-based interventions specifically aim to reduce repeat pregnancies. Repeat pregnancies among adolescent mothers, however, are both prevalent and consequential. About one-sixth of births to adolescent mothers are repeat births. Compared to adolescent mothers with only one child, those…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Mothers, Adolescents, Early Parenthood
Mevissen, Fraukje E. F.; van Empelen, Pepijn; Watzeels, Anita; van Duin, Gee; Meijer, Suzanne; van Lieshout, Sanne; Kok, Gerjo – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
This paper describes the development of a Dutch online programme called "Long Live Love+" focusing on positive, coercion-free relationships, contraception use, and the prevention of STIs, using the Intervention Mapping (IM) approach. All six steps of the approach were followed. Step 1 confirmed the need for a sexual health programme…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Development, Program Descriptions, Sexuality
LeCroy, Craig Winston; McCullough Cosgrove, Jenny; Cotter, Katie; Fordney, Marie – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Purpose: Adolescent females continue to face health consequences associated with risky sexual behaviors such as unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a gender-specific intervention targeted to early adolescent females. Method: This study used an intent to treat…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Middle School Students, Females, Risk
Alessi, E. J.; Lee, Y. G.; Chikalogwe, V. P.; Tarusarira, W.; Raymond, H.; Lynn, M.; Kahn, S. – Health Education Research, 2023
Innovative approaches addressing the elevated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) or transgender women (TGW) migrants in South Africa are urgently needed. We sought to present the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of 'Externalize and Mobilize!', a multi-session arts- and theatre-based HIV…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Self Efficacy, Intervention, Risk
Shah, Sonia Mahesh – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Personalized normative feedback (PNF) interventions provide corrective normative feedback and have been found to successfully elicit behavior change (e.g., related to alcohol consumption, gambling). There are no known PNF interventions that explicitly target risky sexual behavior (RSB). PNF interventions have demonstrated significant reductions on…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Contraception, Intervention, Behavior Change
Okwumabua, Theresa M.; Peasant, Courtney; Anderson, Mollie B.; Barnes, Ebony; Craig, Scotty D. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2018
The current study offers preliminary insight into the efficacy of a technology-based question-asking, sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention program to promote condom use and reduce the incidence of STIs. Participants were 104 college students who were provided safe sex information via 12, email messages, delivered over a four (4) week…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Prevention, Contraception, College Students
Fish, Heather; Manlove, Jennifer; Moore, Kristen Anderson; Mass, Elizabeth – Child Trends, 2014
The United States continues to have one of the highest teen birth rates in the developed world, and adolescent rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are also high. These factors highlight the need to identify effective evidence-based programs to improve adolescent reproductive health. This brief synthesizes findings from 118 experimental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Promotion, Youth
Rink, Elizabeth; Ricker, Adriann; FourStar, Kris; Anastario, Michael – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2016
American Indian (AI) men experience sexual and reproductive health disparities including sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy, absent fatherhood, and intimate relationship violence. Using a case-control study within a community-based participatory research framework, we investigated the effectiveness of a sexual and reproductive…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Males, Health Behavior, Health Education