School‐based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents

AJ Mason‐Jones, D Sinclair… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background School‐based sexual and reproductive health programmes are widely
accepted as an approach to reducing high‐risk sexual behaviour among adolescents. Many …

[HTML][HTML] School-based sexual health education interventions to prevent STI/HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AS Sani, C Abraham, S Denford, S Ball - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background School-based sexual health education has the potential to provide an inclusive
and comprehensive approach to promoting sexual health among young people. We …

[HTML][HTML] A high burden of asymptomatic genital tract infections undermines the syndromic management approach among adolescents and young adults in South Africa …

A Kaida, JJ Dietrich, F Laher, M Beksinska… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Youth in southern Africa, particularly adolescent girls and young
women, are a key population for HIV prevention interventions. Untreated genital tract …

Acceptability, safety, and patterns of use of oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in South African adolescents: an open …

K Gill, L Johnson, J Dietrich, L Myer… - The lancet child & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background HIV incidence among adolescents in southern Africa remains unacceptably
high. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention intervention but there …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of PREPARE, a multi-component, school-based HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention programme on adolescent sexual risk behaviour …

C Mathews, SM Eggers, L Townsend, LE Aarø… - AIDS and Behavior, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Young South Africans, especially women, are at high risk of HIV. We evaluated the
effects of PREPARE, a multi-component, school-based HIV prevention intervention to delay …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of HIV educational interventions on HIV-related knowledge, condom use, and HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta …

L Faust, S Yaya - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background As high stigmatization of HIV and relatively low knowledge of HIV transmission
and prevention measures persist in Sub-Saharan Africa, the improvement of HIV-related …

Sexual self-efficacy and gender: A review of condom use and sexual negotiation among young men and women in Sub-Saharan Africa

K Closson, JJ Dietrich, NJ Lachowsky… - The Journal of Sex …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Sexual self-efficacy (SSE), one's perceived control of or confidence in the ability to perform a
given sexual outcome, predicts sexual behavior; however, important questions remain …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue on sexual behaviour: Findings from a cluster-RCT among …

HK Hegdahl, P Musonda, J Svanemyr, JM Zulu… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of poor sexual and
reproductive health outcomes. We present findings from a cluster-randomised trial in rural …

[HTML][HTML] A smartphone game-based intervention (Tumaini) to prevent HIV among young Africans: pilot randomized controlled trial

K Winskell, G Sabben, V Akelo, K Ondeng'e… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2018 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: There is a pressing need to ensure that youth in high HIV prevalence settings
are prepared for a safer sexual debut. Smartphone ownership is increasing dramatically in …

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of school based interventions on sexual risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections among Young …

N Shangase, ABM Kharsany, NP Ntombela, A Pettifor… - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Young adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are at high risk of involvement in
sexual risk behaviors; and curable sexually transmitted infections (STI), herpes simplex virus …