Is peer education the best approach for HIV prevention in schools? Findings from a randomized controlled trial

Borgia, Piero; Marinacci, Chiara; Schifano, Patrizia; Perucci, Carlo A.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.03.005

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“…However, few of the authors responded, which meant that certain studies could not be included in the meta-analysis for some outcomes. It was decided that the study by Borgia and colleagues 51 would not be included in the meta-analysis as it compared two very similar behavioural interventions (the only difference between them being that one was teacher-led, while the other was peer-led), whereas the other studies generally compared a behavioural intervention with either a control or with standard practice. (Note: The trial by Stephenson and colleagues, 50 which also compared peer-led with teacher-led interventions, was included in the meta-analysis as the teacher-led intervention was standard practice -see Chapter 4, Synthesis of results of sound outcome evaluations.…”

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“…Five were delivered by both teachers and peers (not shown in Table 22). 51,58,63,68,71 Two of the studies, Levy and colleagues 65 and Coyle and colleagues, 61 which fell into the 'Other' category, used specially trained health educators. One study, Jemmott and colleagues, 43 used a specially trained 'adult facilitator'.…”

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“…50,51,58,62,63,65,69,70 Typically, these samples were either representative of the general population (white, middle class, but including some young people of lower SES, for example studies by Borgia and colleagues 51 and Wight and colleagues, 70 or they specifically targeted young people of lower SES, for example studies by Jemmott and colleagues, 62 and Levy and colleagues 65 ). In four studies, low SES was implicit.…”

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“…51,62,68 In one of these studies 68 almost three-quarters of participants had ever used a condom and nearly one-fifth had experienced more than two sexual partners. In another study, 51 only about one-third of participants reported that they always used a condom, but only about 6% had experienced more than one partner. In the third study, 62 17.7% of participants reported ever having anal sex, with 8.3% having had anal sex in the preceding 3 months.…”

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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

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“…Positive beliefs towards model behaviour are translated into better sustained attention, whereas negative beliefs on behaviour manifest into less attentiveness towards health information delivered by DM (Borgia, Marinacci, & Schifano, 2005;Bloor et al, 1999). In short, how peers perceive the importance of health is directly correlated to the amount of attention they pay to the knowledge disseminated to them by DM (Falchikov, 2001;Fenella, Audrey, Holliday, Moore, & Campbell, 2009).…”

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School Children as Health Agent: An Explorative Study on Peers’ Perspectives

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Faizal³

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Introduction: School based programme known as 'Doktor Muda' was established to empower school children using their knowledge and health skills to achieve better health status. ''Doktor Muda'' (DM) is a group involved a selection of trained school children that met certain criteria as peer educators in order to influence their peers' attitude and health practices. Methodology:A cross sectional study was carried out from March 2014 to January 2015. Qualitative data were collected by Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to identify peers perspective towards DM as a health promotion agent using a semi structured open ended questionnaire. The questionnaire was developed according to the relevant themes that identify the abilty of DM to influence their peers' attitude and health practices. Results:The findings showed that majority of participants admitted positive response towards information given by DM in their behavioural beliefs towards health. Majority of the participants agreed DM has succeeded in changing their attitudes toward the importance of health involving were participants' concern on health. However, some of the participants claimed negative response showed by the peers during dissemination of information by DM and participants' observations. Verification from the feedback groups regarding individual who influence their personal hygiene practice revealed 45.5% by their ownself, 36.4% by their parents/family and 36.4% by DM respectively. Conclusions:This study has succeeded in exploring peers' perspectives on the efficacy of DM as health promotion agent. Strengthening in positive beliefs among peers towards health, influencing positive attitudes to accentuate health and encouraging health practices at a moderate level were established in this study.

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