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Review: behavioural counselling reduces sexually transmitted infections in adults and adolescents
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J S Lin, Kaiser
Dr J S Lin, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR, USA; jennifer.s.lin@kpchr.org
Does behavioural counselling to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reduce the incidence of STIs and risky sexual behaviours in adults and adolescents? Does behavioural counselling have other benefits or risks?
Included studies compared behavioural counselling interventions to prevent STIs that could be delivered in primary care settings (individual or small group sessions) with no intervention, a minimal intervention, or an attention control conducted in primary care settings or specialty clinics with adults or adolescents. Exclusion criteria included people with HIV, studies in non-industrialised countries, and community-based programmes. Outcomes were incidence of STIs and self-reported risky sexual behaviours.
Medline, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and PsycINFO (1988–2007); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevention Research Synthesis Project database (Aug 2006); and references from previous systematic reviews were searched for English-language
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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