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Sexually risky behaviour in adolescents was reduced by a safer sex, condom based intervention

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.2.1.14

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    Jemmott JB 3rd, Jemmott LS, Fong GT.Abstinence and safer sex HIV risk-reduction interventions for African American adolescents. A randomized controlled trial.JAMA1998 May 20;279:1529–36OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Question Will a multicomponent abstinence intervention reduce the frequency of sexual intercourse, and will a safer sex intervention increase condom use in African-American adolescents?

    Design

    Randomised controlled trial (RCT) with 12 months follow up.

    Setting

    3 middle schools in low income African-American communities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Participants

    School announcements and letters to parents and guardians were used to recruit students. 659 adolescents in the 6th and 7th grade were studied (mean age 11.8 y, 53% girls, 26.8% living with both parents, 25% reported previous sexual experience).

    Intervention

    Adolescents were paid US$100 to participate. All interventions were given in 8 one hour sessions on 2 consecutive Saturdays. They were designed to be educational, entertaining, and culture sensitive and included group discussion, videos, games, brainstorming, and experiential …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: National Institute of Mental Health.

    • For correspondence: Dr J B Jemmott 3rd, Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544–1010, USA. Fax +1 609 258 1275.