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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...

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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9162964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35084613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03574-z
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Sumario: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.