HIV-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors among Grade 10 Girls and Boys in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal: Cross-Sectional Results.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga South Africa are at high risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Programs are needed to reach these young people and change their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.

Objective

The objective of this study is to use cross-sectional data from grade 10 female and male learners in randomly assigned intervention and control schools to examine knowledge, attitudes, and sexual behaviors.

Methods

Participants were in grade 10 in the 2018 school year and were attending schools randomly assigned to the intervention and control arms for implementation of the Department of Basic Education's adapted life orientation curriculum that included scripted lesson plans. The study took place in two high HIV prevalence

SUBMITTER: Speizer IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7758912 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature