Objectives School-based sex education is a cornerstone of HIV prevention for adolescents
who continue to bear a disproportionally high HIV burden globally. We systematically …

Adolescent pregnancy and its consequences represent a major public health concern in
many low-middle income countries of the world. The World Health Organization has recently …

Numerous theories in social and health psychology assume that intentions cause behaviors.
However, most tests of the intention-behavior relation involve correlational studies that …

This meta-analysis tested the major theoretical assumptions about behavior change by
examining the outcomes and mediating mechanisms of different preventive strategies in a …

The high rate of HIV infection among youth in Africa has prompted both national and
international attention. Education and prevention programmes are seen as the primary way …

Education has a potentially important role to play in tackling the spread of HIV, but is there
evidence that this potential is realized? This analysis combines the results of previous …

Preventing Early Pregnancy and Poor Reproductive Outcomes Page 1 WHO Guidelines on
Preventing Early Pregnancy and Poor Reproductive Outcomes Among Adolescents in …

Methods Studies were identified by searching three computerized databases (POPLINE,
MEDLINE, and ERIC), as well as databases for international health/development …

Abstract Background The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains of global significance and there is a
need to target (a) the adolescent age-groups in which most new infections occur; and (b) …

A meta-analysis of 166 HIV-prevention interventions tested theoretical predictions about the
effects of experts, lay community members, and similar and dissimilar others, as agents of …