Impact Evaluation of a School-Based Sexuality and HIV Prevention Education Activity in South Africa
HSV-2 Infection, HIV Infections, Pregnancy Related
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for HSV-2 Infection focused on measuring HIV prevention, School-based programming, Pregnancy prevention, South Africa, Genital herpes
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
For the main cohort sample - females in grade 8 were enrolled in 2016 and followed for two years. All participating girls had to
- receive parental consent,
- provide assent, and
- give contact information for study linking.
For the cross-sectional samples, female and male learners in grade 8 in 2016; in grade 9 in 2017 and in grade 10 in 2018 were eligible to participate assuming
- they had parental consent and
- assented to participate.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Must understand one of the five languages that the survey was administered in.
Sites / Locations
- Darryn Durno
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Scripted lesson plan life orientation curriculum
Standard life orientation curriculum
Participants in this arm were in schools where the life orientation teachers in grades 7-9 (in 2016 and 2017) and grade 10 in 2018 were trained to use the new life orientation curriculum that included scripted lesson plans for the sexual and reproductive health content of the program. There are eight lessons for grade 7, eight for grade 8, 11 for grade 9, and 10 for grade 10.
Participants in this arm were in schools where the standard life orientation curriculum was used with no additional training and no use of the new materials.