TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing an interactive STD-prevention program for youth
T2 - Lessons from a North Indian slum
AU - Awasthi, Shally
AU - Nichter, Mark
AU - Pande, V. K.
PY - 2000/6
Y1 - 2000/6
N2 - An intervention developed to teach young men in the urban slums of Lucknow, India, about sexually transmitted diseases is described in detail. This community-based intervention was designed to impart core educational messages and to address preexisting ideas about sexual health and STD-prevention practices among participants. Indicators of knowledge recorded before and after the intervention are presented and evaluated against the scores of a control group. Levels of sexual activity and factors associated with risky sex are discussed. The intervention was successful in raising the young men's awareness of STDs significantly in all areas except for the length of time that symptoms take to manifest following risky sex and the ineffectiveness of washing one's genitals after sex to avoid acquiring STDs. Lessons learned during the intervention are described as a means of informing future STD-education programs, and issues requiring prompt attention are identified.
AB - An intervention developed to teach young men in the urban slums of Lucknow, India, about sexually transmitted diseases is described in detail. This community-based intervention was designed to impart core educational messages and to address preexisting ideas about sexual health and STD-prevention practices among participants. Indicators of knowledge recorded before and after the intervention are presented and evaluated against the scores of a control group. Levels of sexual activity and factors associated with risky sex are discussed. The intervention was successful in raising the young men's awareness of STDs significantly in all areas except for the length of time that symptoms take to manifest following risky sex and the ineffectiveness of washing one's genitals after sex to avoid acquiring STDs. Lessons learned during the intervention are described as a means of informing future STD-education programs, and issues requiring prompt attention are identified.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2000.00138.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2000.00138.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 10907279
AN - SCOPUS:0033943127
SN - 0039-3665
VL - 31
SP - 138
EP - 150
JO - Studies in Family Planning
JF - Studies in Family Planning
IS - 2
ER -