All4You! A randomized trial of an HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy prevention intervention for alternative school students

AIDS Educ Prev. 2006 Jun;18(3):187-203. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.3.187.

Abstract

This study evaluated All4You!, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors associated with HIV, other STDs, and unintended pregnancy among students in alternative schools. The study featured a randomized controlled trial involving 24 community day schools in northern California. A cohort of 988 students was assessed four times during an 18-month period using a self report questionnaire. At the 6-month follow-up, the intervention reduced the frequency of intercourse without a condom during the previous 3 months, the frequency of intercourse without a condom with steady partners, and the number of times students reported having intercourse in the previous 3 months. It also increased condom use at last intercourse. These behavioral effects were no longer statistically significant at the 12- and 18-month follow-ups. The All4You! intervention was effective in reducing selected sexual risk behaviors among students in alternative school settings; however, the effects were modest and short term.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • California
  • Condoms
  • Curriculum*
  • Education, Special*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Unplanned*
  • Risk-Taking
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Students / psychology*