Limited effectiveness of a school-based HIV prevention campaign in Italy: A randomized controlled trial

Piero Borgia; Teresa Spadea; Carlo A. Perucci; Valeria De Pascali; Valeria Fano; Patrizia Schifano; Damiano D C Abeni

Limited effectiveness of a school-based HIV prevention campaign in Italy: A randomized controlled trial

Piero Borgia, Teresa Spadea, Carlo A. Perucci, Valeria De Pascali, Valeria Fano, Patrizia Schifano, Damiano D C Abeni

Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata , IDI

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Abstract

Objectives: to evaluate the effectiveness of a large-scale, school- based, teacher-delivered campaign for the prevention of HIV infection. Methods: 46 junior and senior high schools in the Lazio Region of Italy were randomized to either an intervention or a control group. The corresponding study population consisted of 645 teachers and 3,866 students. The intervention followed the methods used in a large-scale, teacher-delivered campaign already implemented in the schools of the region. Questionnaires eliciting AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and risk perceptions were administered to teachers and students in both study groups before and after the intervention. The increments in scores were analysed by a mixed model analysis of variance. Results: the average increment in the teachers' knowledge score was 4.18 points higher in the intervention group than in the control group (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	411-417
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Journal of Public Health
Volume	7
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Dec 1997

Keywords

Education
HIV/AIDS prevention
Programme evaluation
Randomized controlled trial
Students

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Limited effectiveness of a school-based HIV prevention campaign in Italy : A randomized controlled trial. / Borgia, Piero; Spadea, Teresa; Perucci, Carlo A.; De Pascali, Valeria; Fano, Valeria; Schifano, Patrizia; Abeni, Damiano D C.

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