Peer education in HIV prevention: an evaluation in schools

Merakou, Kyriakoula; Kourea-Kremastinou, Jenny

doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki162

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“…We identified 1,123 titles from the search conducted in all databases. After screening the titles and abstracts, 84 studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58], [59], [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72], [73], [74], [75], [76], [77], [78], [79], [80], [81], [82], [83] [84], [85], [86], [87], [88], [89], [90], [91], [92], [93], [94], [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100], [101], [102], [103], [104], [105], [106], [107], [108], [109] [110], [111], [112], [113], [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [119], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124]; 51 studies were RCTs while 29 were quasi-experimental design and four were pre–post studies....…”

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Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Systematic Review of Potential Interventions

Salam

Faqqah

Sajjad

et al. 2016

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Adolescents have special sexual and reproductive health needs (whether or not they are sexually active or married). This review assesses the impact of interventions to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health (including the interventions to prevent female genital mutilation/cutting [FGM/C]) and to prevent intimate violence. Our review findings suggest that sexual and reproductive health education, counseling, and contraceptive provision are effective in increasing sexual knowledge, contraceptive use, and decreasing adolescent pregnancy. Among interventions to prevent FGM/C, community mobilization and female empowerment strategies have the potential to raise awareness of the adverse health consequences of FGM/C and reduce its prevalence; however, there is a need to conduct methodologically rigorous intervention evaluations. There was limited and inconclusive evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to prevent intimate partner violence. Further studies with rigorous designs, longer term follow-up, and standardized and validated measurement instruments are required to maximize comparability of results. Future efforts should be directed toward scaling-up evidence-based interventions to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries, sustain the impacts over time, and ensure equitable outcomes.

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confidence: 99%

Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Systematic Review of Potential Interventions

Salam

Faqqah

Sajjad

et al. 2016

Journal of Adolescent Health

231

139

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“…Studies have shown that peer education has a significant impact in reducing risk behavior in young people. [16171819]…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and beliefs of young, college student blood donors about Human immunodeficiency virus

Sonker

Chaudhary

2014

Asian J Transfus Sci

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Introduction:Young people, who tend to be healthy, idealistic, and motivated, are an excellent pool of potential voluntary unpaid blood donors. Recruiting and retaining young blood donors improves the long term safety and sufficiency of a country's blood supply. Knowledge, attitude, and beliefs about Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) should play an important role in prevention of disease transmission.Materials and Methods:This study was a questionnaire based survey, conducted to explore the levels of knowledge, attitude, and beliefs about HIV in young college student blood donors.Results:The results showed that the proportion of participants with comprehensive knowledge of HIV prevention and transmission was lesser than expected. Increase in education level and male gender was found to be significantly associated with high HIV-related knowledge. The responses on the different aspects of HIV-related attitude were also varied and there is still stigma associated with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) even in the educated groups.Discussion:There was a spectrum of myths and misperceptions emphasizing the need of education that recognizes the social context of attitude towards HIV. Results from this study may contribute to the development of appropriate educational and training material for this group of donors which in turn, may assist in achieving the elusive goal of safe blood supply in future.

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“…15 The present evaluation of the Sharing Stories program used a combination of arts-based and survey-based evaluation methods. The findings provide direction for other practitioners involved in sexual health education for multicultural groups where there is likely to be community support for arts-based interventions.…”

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Evaluating the Sharing Stories youth theatre program: an interactive theatre and drama‐based strategy for sexual health promotion among multicultural youth

Roberts

Lobo

Sorenson

2016

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue addressed: Rates of sexually transmissible infections among young people are high, and there is a need for innovative, youth-focused sexual health promotion programs. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Sharing Stories youth theatre program, which uses interactive theatre and drama-based strategies to engage and educate multicultural youth on sexual health issues. The effectiveness of using drama-based evaluation methods is also discussed. Methods: The youth theatre program participants were 18 multicultural youth from South East Asian, African and Middle Eastern backgrounds aged between 14 and 21 years. Four sexual health drama scenarios and a sexual health questionnaire were used to measure changes in knowledge and attitudes. Results: Participants reported being confident talking to and supporting their friends with regards to safe sex messages, improved their sexual health knowledge and demonstrated a positive shift in their attitudes towards sexual health. Drama-based evaluation methods were effective in engaging multicultural youth and worked well across the cultures and age groups. Conclusions: Theatre and drama-based sexual health promotion strategies are an effective method for up-skilling young people from multicultural backgrounds to be peer educators and good communicators of sexual health information. Dramabased evaluation methods are engaging for young people and an effective way of collecting data from culturally diverse youth. So what?This study recommends incorporating interactive and arts-based strategies into sexual health promotion programs for multicultural youth. It also provides guidance for health promotion practitioners evaluating an arts-based health promotion program using arts-based data collection methods.

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Peer education in HIV prevention: an evaluation in schools

Cited by 51 publications

References 11 publications

Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Systematic Review of Potential Interventions

Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Systematic Review of Potential Interventions

Knowledge, attitude, and beliefs of young, college student blood donors about Human immunodeficiency virus

Evaluating the Sharing Stories youth theatre program: an interactive theatre and drama‐based strategy for sexual health promotion among multicultural youth

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