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Anita P Barbee1, Michael R Cunningham1, Michiel A van Zyl1
1Anita P. Barbee, Michiel A. van Zyl, Becky F. Antle, and Cheri N. Langley are with the Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Michael R. Cunningham is with the Department of Communication, University of Louisville.
Objectives:
To test the efficacy of Reducing the Risk (RTR) and Love Notes (LN) on reducing risky sexual behavior among youths yet to experience or cause a pregnancy.
Methods:
The four dependent variables were ever had sex, condom use, birth control use, and number of sexual partners at 3- and 6-month follow-up in a 3-arm cluster randomized controlled trial of 1448 impoverished youths, aged 14 to 19 years, in 23 community-based organizations in Louisville, Kentucky, from September 2011 through March 2014.
Results:
At 3 and 6 months, compared with the control condition, youths in RTR reported fewer sexual partners and greater use of birth control. At 6 months, LN participants reported greater use of birth control and condoms, fewer sexual partners, and were less likely to have ever had sex compared with the control condition.
Conclusions:
We provided additional evidence for the continued efficacy of RTR and the first rigorous study of LN, which embeds sex education into a larger curriculum on healthy relationships and violence prevention.
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