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Adaptation of an effective school-based sexual health promotion program for youth in Colombia
(Social Science and Medicine, 2019-01-05)
Rationale: Given the disproportionate impact of HIV and STIs among youth in Latin America, there is a compelling need for effective sex education programs. In particular, Colombia lacks a nationally standardized youth
sex ...
Sexual risk among Colombian adolescents: knowledge, attitudes, normative beliefs, perceived control, intention, and sexual behavior
(BMC Public Health, 2018-12-06)
Background: Colombia has one of the highest rates of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and pregnancies -
both of which are influenced by lack of condom use -, among adolescent population in Latin America; however,
the ...
Psychometric properties of the Colombian version of the HIV attitudes scale for adolescents
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2020)
The HIV Attitudes Scale (HIV-AS) evaluates attitudes towards different aspects of HIV. In view of the lack of scales measuring this construct in Colombia, this study sought to validate the HIV-AS test for adolescents from ...
Colombian adaptation of the hiv and other sexually transmitted infections knowledge scale (ksi) in an adolescent population
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2020-12-17)
Colombia has one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and teenage pregnancies among Latin American countries. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and other STIs has been identified as a factor in promoting ...
From Spain to Colombia: adaptation process of competences for adolescents with a healthy sexuality program (COMPAS)
(Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2020-06)
In Latin America, unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in youth are two main public health problems. Colombia accounts for one of the highest prevalence rate of HIV and STIs in this population; ...
Effects of a sexual risk-reduction intervention for teenagers: a cluster-randomized control trial
(Springer New York, 2022)
This study evaluated the efficacy of the COMPAS program in the short term and 6 months after its application. For the initial sample, 2047 teenagers aged 14–19 years from 14 schools in 11 Colombian cities participated; ...