The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of behavioural interventions for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in young people aged 13-19: a systematic review and economic evaluation

Shepherd J, Kavanagh J, Picot J, Cooper K, Harden A, Barnett-Page E, Jones J, Clegg A, Hartwell D, Frampton GK, Price A
Record ID 32010000105
English
Authors' recommendations: Study found that school-based behavioural interventions for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in young people can bring about improvements in knowledge and increased self-efficacy, but the interventions did not significantly influence sexual risk-taking behaviour or infection rates
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1666
Year Published: 2010
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Female
  • Male
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Safe Sex
  • Schools
  • Sex Education
  • Young Adult
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright: 2010 Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO
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