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 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.

• Autores: Gómez-Lugo, Mayra; Morales, Alexandra; Saavedra-Roa, Alejandro; Charris, Janivys; Abello, Daniella; marchal-bertrand, laurent; García-Roncallo, Paola; García-Montaño, Eileen; Pérez-Pedraza, Diana; ESPADA, JOSE P.; Vallejo-Medina, Pablo
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/9283
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/9283; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03574-z; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: COMPAS; Sex education; HIV; Unplanned pregnancy; Adolescence; Colombia; Educación sexual; VIH; Embarazo no planificado; Adolescencia
• Rights: embargoedAccess
• License: Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)