Interventions Promoting Condom Use Among Youth : A Systematic Review

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In many European and other high-income, Western countries, condom use has been decreasing among youth. A variety of promotional strategies to increase condom use exists. Our systematic review aimed to identify effective elements in interventions aimed at increasing condom use in youth. We searched databases (2010-2021) for intervention studies promoting condom use among youth in Western, high-income countries. The primary outcome was condom use; the secondary outcome was sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses. Effectiveness per intervention was defined based on the percentage of comparisons that showed significant increases in condom use and significant decreases in STIs. We compared the effectiveness of interventions for different participant-, intervention- and methodological characteristics. We included 74 papers describing 85 interventions in the review. Overall, the median intervention effectiveness was 33.3% (interquartile range = 0%-66.7%) for condom use and 0% (interquartile range = 0%-100%) for STI diagnoses. Intervention effectiveness for condom use was significantly higher in interventions tailored towards females and males specifically, compared with interventions applied to both sexes combined. Our findings show the difficulty in designing effective interventions to increase condom use among youth. Interventions aimed at either females or males were more effective in increasing condom use.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

Enthalten in:

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine - 74(2024), 4 vom: 12. März, Seite 644-656

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

de Vries, Alcira [VerfasserIn]
den Daas, Chantal [VerfasserIn]
Willemstein, Inge J M [VerfasserIn]
de Wit, John B F [VerfasserIn]
Heijne, Janneke C M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Condoms
Health promotion
Intervention
Journal Article
Review
Safe sex
Systematic Review
Systematic review
Young adult

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.014

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NLM365759627