Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Catherine Mathews; Matthijs Eggers; Loraine Townsend; Leif E. Aaro; Petrus J. de Vries; Amanda J. Mason-Jones; Petra De Koker; Tracy McClinton Appollis; Yolisa Mtshizana; Joy Koech; Annegreet Wubs; Hein De Vries

doi:10.1007/s10461-016-1410-1

Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Catherine Mathews^*, Matthijs Eggers, Loraine Townsend, Leif E. Aaro, Petrus J. de Vries, Amanda J. Mason-Jones, Petra De Koker, Tracy McClinton Appollis, Yolisa Mtshizana, Joy Koech, Annegreet Wubs, Hein De Vries

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Abstract

Young South Africans, especially women, are at high risk of HIV. We evaluated the effects of PREPARE, a multi-component, school-based HIV prevention intervention to delay sexual debut, increase condom use and decrease intimate partner violence (IPV) among young adolescents. We conducted a cluster RCT among Grade eights in 42 high schools. The intervention comprised education sessions, a school health service and a school sexual violence prevention programme. Participants completed questionnaires at baseline, 6 and 12 months. Regression was undertaken to provide ORs or coefficients adjusted for clustering. Of 6244 sampled adolescents, 55.3 % participated. At 12 months there were no differences between intervention and control arms in sexual risk behaviours. Participants in the intervention arm were less likely to report IPV victimisation (35.1 vs. 40.9 %; OR 0.77, 95 % CI 0.61-0.99; t(40) = 2.14) suggesting the intervention shaped intimate partnerships into safer ones, potentially lowering the risk for HIV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1821-1840
Journal	Aids and Behavior
Volume	20
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1410-1
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016

Keywords

Adolescents
HIV prevention
Intimate partner violence
Sexual risk behaviour
Randomised controlled trial

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Mathews, C., Eggers, M., Townsend, L., Aaro, L. E., de Vries, P. J., Mason-Jones, A. J., De Koker, P., Appollis, T. M., Mtshizana, Y., Koech, J., Wubs, A., & De Vries, H. (2016). Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. Aids and Behavior, 20(9), 1821-1840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1410-1

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Mathews, C, Eggers, M, Townsend, L, Aaro, LE, de Vries, PJ, Mason-Jones, AJ, De Koker, P, Appollis, TM, Mtshizana, Y, Koech, J, Wubs, A & De Vries, H 2016, 'Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial', Aids and Behavior, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 1821-1840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1410-1

Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. / Mathews, Catherine; Eggers, Matthijs; Townsend, Loraine et al.
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