Studies applying social cognitive frameworks such as the health belief model and the theory
of reasoned action to HIV-prevention are reviewed. These models suggest that appropriate …

Abstract Purpose of Review Sustaining evidence-based interventions in resource-limited
settings is a perennial challenge. Despite growing research on the significance of …

Background The ability of specific behaviour-change interventions to reduce HIV infection in
young people remains questionable. Since January 1999, an adolescent sexual and …

Objective: Little research has tested HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk-reduction
interventions' effects on early adolescents as they age into middle and late adolescence …

The authors describe the implementation, results, and evaluations of a participatory action
research project in which they used qualitative methods to do HIV prevention education with …

This paper reports on a pilot study of the development and evaluation (using outcome and
process measures) of a manualised participatory risk reduction programme, aimed at …

Adolescents form an important target group for HIV vaccine trials for a number of reasons.
These include the high HIVprevalence and incidence rates amongst adolescents, early …

Slowing the spread of HIV in the developing world is hardly" as simple as ABC." Still,"
Abstinence,"" Be faithful" and" use Condoms" are the so-named key elements of an …

Behavior change remains the only available means to curtail new HIV infections. Although
much remains to be learned about the effectiveness of different prevention strategies, there …

Importance Scant research has investigated interventions to reduce forced sexual
intercourse among adolescents. The need for such interventions is especially great in South …