PREPARE: Program for the Prevention of Risky Sexual Behavior and Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents
Problems addressed
Violence against women
Effectiveness

Mixed Evidence

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Mixed Evidence

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Life periods served
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
South Africa
Description

An evaluation showed that, six months after the intervention, participants in the program had a significant increase in knowledge about HIV; twelve months after the intervention, there were significant additional effects on condom use and a reduction in intimate partner violence, but no effect on risky sexual behavior. The study had a quasi-experimental design with a sample of 6,244 adolescents [1].

Impact evaluations

An evaluation showed that, six months after the intervention, participants in the program had a significant increase in knowledge about HIV; twelve months after the intervention, there were significant additional effects on condom use and a reduction in intimate partner violence, but no effect on risky sexual behavior. The study had a quasi-experimental design with a sample of 6,244 adolescents [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Mathews, C., Eggers, S. M., Townsend, L., Aarø, L. E., Vries, P. J. de, Mason-Jones, A. J., Koker, P. de, McClinton Appollis, T., Mtshizana, Y., Koech, J., Wubs, A. & Vries, H. de (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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