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Xiao, Zhiwen – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2012
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to test an integrated model of condom use with a sample of 490 sexually active Chinese college students. A number of variables in the integrated model were predictors of condom use, explaining 33.4% of the variance in use. Partner communication was the strongest predictors (beta = 0.317, SE = 0.038, p less…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
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Cashman, Rebecca; Eng, Eugenia; Siman, Florence; Rhodes, Scott D. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2011
Latinas living in the United States are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. However, few effective interventions currently exist that are designed to meet the priorities and needs of recently arrived and less acculturated immigrant Latinas who are settling in the southeastern United States. To identify…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Participatory Research, Sex Education, Focus Groups
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Lloyd, Stacey W.; Ferguson, Yvonne Owens; Corbie-Smith, Giselle; Ellison, Arlinda; Blumenthal, Connie; Council, Barbara J.; Youmans, Selena; Muhammad, Melvin R.; Wynn, Mysha; Adimora, Adaora; Akers, Aletha – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2012
Though African-American youth in the South are at high risk for HIV infection, abstinence until marriage education continues to be the only option in some public schools. Using community-based participatory research methods, we conducted 11 focus groups with African-American adults and youth in a rural community in North Carolina with high rates…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), African Americans, Public Schools, Participatory Research
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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
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Moberg, D. Paul; Piper, Douglas L. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 1998
Examined middle school students' sexual-risk behavior, using data from the Healthy for Life project which was designed to positively affect students' health behaviors. Longitudinal data from self-report surveys of students in control, intervention, and intensive intervention programs indicated that the program was ineffective in reducing the rate…
Descriptors: Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
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Kaljee, Linda M.; Genberg, Becky; Riel, Rosemary; Cole, Matthew; Tho, Le Huu; Thoa, Le Thi Kim; Stanton, Bonita; Li, Xiaoming; Minh, Tuong Tan – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
As of April 2003, 64,801 HIV cases have been documented in Vietnam (Policy Project 2003), 53.9% of which are among individuals 20-29 years of age. Although HIV education efforts have increased, there remains a need for proven effective programs. We present findings from a randomized-controlled effectiveness trial of an HIV prevention program for…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Self Efficacy, Prevention