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Karnell, Aaron P.; Cupp, Pamela K.; Zimmerman, Rick S.; Feist-Price, Sonja; Bennie, Thola – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
The high prevalence of HIV among young people in African countries underscores a pressing need for effective prevention interventions. Adapting school-based prevention programs developed in the United States for use in African schools may present an alternative to the time-consuming process of developing home-grown programs. The researchers report…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Prevention, Foreign Countries
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James, Shamagonam; Reddy, Priscilla; Ruiter, Robert A. C.; McCauley, Ann; van den Borne, Bart – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
The evaluation of the Department of Educations' life skills program on HIV and AIDS prevention among Grade 9 students in 22 randomly allocated schools in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, showed only a significant increase in student knowledge about HIV/AIDS in the intervention group compared with the control group. No effects were found on safe sex…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Promotion, Communicable Diseases, Intervention