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Education and Prevention
"Use of Western-Based HIV Risk-Reduction Interventions Targeting Adolescents in an African Setting."
August 23rd, 1999
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Adolescent Health, "Purpose: To evaluate an intervention (based on one which had previously been successful in reducing adolescent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors in the United States) among adolescents residing in Namibia, a country located in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: A randomized trial of a 14-session face-to-face intervention emphasizing abstinence and safer sex was conducted among 515 youth (median age 17 years; median grade 11) attending 10 secondary schools located in two districts in Namibia. Knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and HIV risk behaviors were assessed at...
Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-08-23)
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