STD/STIs – Advancing Ideas 4 School Health

Initiative Description: Students in the intervention group were exposed for a 1-hour-and-45-minute-long in-class peer sexual health intervention. Students in the control schools were exposed to a 1-hour-long in-class peer water purification intervention. Study Results: Increased knowledge about abstinence and condoms. Students in the intervention schools also had a higher personal risk perception of acquiring HIV […]

Educational or Curriculum – Community Partnership
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Family Life and HIV Education (FLHE) program Initiative Description: Implementing the Family Life and HIV Education (FLHE) program, plus a community-based program designed to enhance the awareness of AIDS in Nigeria. Study Results: Improved attitude towards rejection of myths & attitudes related to abstinence and use of condoms. Reference: Arnold, R., Maticka-Tyndale E, Tenkorang E, […]

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Be Proud! Be Responsible! https://www.etr.org/store/curricula/be-proud-be-responsible/ Initiative Description: an (HIV)/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) curriculum taught by school nurses and health education teachers. The BPBR curriculum consists of 6 modules of 50 minutes each that include a variety of developmentally appropriate teaching methods, such as group discussions, role model stories depicted in videos, interactive exercises, and role-playing. […]

Medical – School Wide Activity
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Initiative Description: HPV immunization program primarily delivered by school nurses. Study Results: Most school nurses interviewed understood local health inequalities and made particular efforts to target girls who did not attend or missed doses. Interviews also revealed maintaining accurate and consistent records influenced both school nurses’ understanding and efforts to target inequalities in HPV vaccination […]

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Initiative Description: The Educational Partnerships to Increase Chlamydia Screening (EPICS)A chlamydia screening program targeted at young women accessing reproductive health care services in a school-based setting Study Results: EPICS agencies provided reproductive health services to 3396 unique sexually active females, 85% of whom self-reported no other source for reproductive health care Reference: Braun, R. A., […]

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Initiative Description: A school-based hiv/aids prevention education program: The intervention consisted of two 1-hour sessions taking place on two successive days. During the first session, factual information regarding the transmission and prevention of HIV infection was provided in a lecture and question/answer format. The second session focused on attitudes and skills related to HIV/AIDS prevention. […]

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Initiative Description: The intervention was based on the Health Belief Model (HBM). According to HBM, a person’s health behaviour can be explained by individual beliefs regarding health actions. School nurses delivered 30 min face-to-face structured information about HPV, including cancer risks and HPV prevention, by propagating condom use and HPV vaccination Study Results: Increased beliefs about […]

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Initiative Description: HIV educational intervention consisted of six 45- to 60-minute sessions (one session per week for each group of students) and focused on HIV biology, transmission, partner condom-negotiation skills, preventive measures, and the dangers of illicit drug use. Study Results: Improved HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and intended behaviors. Reference: Kyrychenko, P., Kohler, C., […]

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COMPAS Initiative Description: COMPAS program (Spanish acronym for Skills for Adolescents with Healthy Sexuality), a school-based HIV prevention protocol. The intervention is composed of five modules: (i) information and cognitive restructuring; (ii) social skills training; (iii) problem-solving training; (iv) maintenance strategies: self-management; and (v) covert behavior rehearsal. Participatory methods, such as interactive activities, games in […]

Literature Review
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Initiative Description: Literature review of the effects and effectiveness of life skills-based education for HIV prevention. Study Results: The review identified a surprising number of rigorously designed and evaluated interventions from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. Most interventions used life skills training as a component of the overall education strategy. Programs worked best […]