Assessing the impact of an educational intervention program on sexual abstinence based on the health belief model amongst adolescent girls in Northern Ghana, a cluster randomised control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent pregnancy is a worldwide problem because of its health, social, economic and political repercussions on the globe. Even though the rates of adolescent pregnancy have declined over the decade, there is still unacceptably high rates especially in lower and middle-income countries including Ghana. Although the problem has been widely investigated, there is little information on the effectiveness of different methods to improve adolescent sexual abstinence based on theoretical models. This study is aimed to assess an educational intervention program on sexual abstinence based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among adolescent girls in Northern Ghana.

Methods

A cluster randomized control trial was conducted in Ghana from April to August 2018. Participants wit

SUBMITTER: Yakubu I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694566 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature