Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial
Ross, D.A; Changalucha, J;Obasi, A.I.N. / 2007

Young people in the rural African population are at high risk of adolescent pregnancy and STIs, with a low incidence of condom use and a high proportion entering into sexual activity. This report in the official journal of the International AIDS Society shows how the impact of a multicomponent intervention programme on the sexual health of adolescents was assessed in rural Tanzania. Twenty communities were randomly allocated to receive either a specially designed programme of interventions or standard activities. The intervention had four components: community activities; teacher led, peer-assisted sexual health education in primary school; training and supervision of health workers to provide ?youth-friendly? sexual health services; and peer condom social marketing.