Randomized controlled trial of abstinence and safer sex intervention for adolescents in Singapore: 6-month follow-up.
We assessed the efficacy of an individual-based behavioral intervention on sexually transmitted infections’ (STI) risk-reduction behaviors in Singapore. A randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention compared to usual care was conducted on sexually active heterosexual adolescents aged 16...
| Published in: | Health Education Research Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 233 - 244 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=123060419&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 123060419 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02681153 FA0 jtl: Health Education Research issn: 02681153 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2017 vid: 32 iid: 3 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 123060419 123060419 123060419 10.1093/her/cyx040 123060419 ppf: 233 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Randomized controlled trial of abstinence and safer sex intervention for adolescents in Singapore: 6-month follow-up. aug: au: Mee Lian Wong Ng, Junice Y. S. Chan, Roy K. W. Chio, Martin T. W. Lim, Raymond B. T. Koh, David affil: Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. sug: subj: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention and Control Risk Taking Behavior Prevention and Control Health Education Methods Outcomes of Education Sexual Abstinence Safe Sex Human Randomized Controlled Trials Singapore Adolescence Young Adult Female Male Heterosexuals Condoms Utilization Descriptive Statistics Confidence Intervals Sexual Partners Questionnaires Effect Size Regression Chi Square Test Mann-Whitney U Test Data Analysis Software Funding Source Adolescent: 13-18 years Female Male ab: We assessed the efficacy of an individual-based behavioral intervention on sexually transmitted infections’ (STI) risk-reduction behaviors in Singapore. A randomized controlled trial of a behavioral intervention compared to usual care was conducted on sexually active heterosexual adolescents aged 16–19 years attending the only public STI clinic. The intervention included two on-site skills-based sessions targeting individual, relational and environmental influences on sexual behaviors, followed by online support. Participants were assessed at baseline and 6-month follow-up. Primary outcomes were self-reported abstinence, number of partners and consistent condom use for vaginal sex. We recruited 337 adolescents to the intervention and 351 to usual care (controls). Fifty-nine percent of intervention participants and 53% of controls completed follow-up. Young men [adjusted risk ratio (RR) 2.03; 95% CI, 1.25–3.30], but not young women, in the intervention were more likely than controls to report secondary abstinence. More non-abstinent young women in the intervention than controls kept to one partner (adjusted RR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.04–1.50) compared to no differences in young men. There was no intervention effect on consistent condom use in both genders. Skill-based intervention can promote abstinence in young men and keeping to one partner in young women in a clinic setting. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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