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ArticleGlobal pediatric health2018

Preliminary Impacts of an HIV-Prevention Program Targeting Out-of-School Youth in Postconflict Liberia.

Stephen B Kennedy, Katherine Atwood, Albert O Harris, Curtis H Taylor, Steve Shamblen, Wede M Nagbe, Mawen E Gobeh, Fred Sosu, Jemee K Tegli, Cecelia A Morris

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Article in Global pediatric health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors.

Stephen B KennedyUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Katherine AtwoodPacific Institute for Research & Evaluation, Louisville Center, Louisville, KY, USA.
Albert O HarrisUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Curtis H TaylorUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Steve ShamblenPacific Institute for Research & Evaluation, Louisville Center, Louisville, KY, USA.
Wede M NagbeUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Mawen E GobehUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Fred SosuUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Jemee K TegliUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
Cecelia A MorrisUL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.

Funding

HIV/STD Prevention for High-Risk Youth in LiberiaR01HD045133 · NICHD · PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RES AND EVALUATION · PI KENNEDY, STEPHEN B. · 2006 to 2010
$2.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD045133
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa account for greater HIV/STI (human immuno defiency virus/sexually transmitted infection) burdens and difficult-to-reach populations. This study implemented a community-based HIV/STI program to reach at-risk youth aged 15 to 17 years in postconflict Liberia. Using a randomized controlled trial, community youths were assigned to an adapted version of an effective HIV/STI program, Making Proud Choices, or attention-matched comparison curriculum, General Health Program. Both programs were of similar doses, reach and coverage, and administered in classroom settings by trained health educators. The findings suggest that the adapted HIV/STI program had positive effects on knowledge, sexual refusal and condom use self-efficacy, condom negotiation self-efficacy, positive condom attitudes, parental communication about sex, and negative condom attitudes over time. Culturally adapted community-based, behavioral-driven programs can positively affect mediators of sexual behaviors in at-risk adolescents in postconflict settings. This is the first published report of an evidence-based HIV/STI program on sexual risk-taking behaviors of community youths in Liberia.

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adolescentHIV/STIsintervention programLiberiaout-of-schoolpostconflict settingrandomized controlled trialsrisk behaviorSub-Saharan Africayouth

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PMID29399603
PMCPMC5788126

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