Focused on specifi c sexual

Focused on specifi c sexual psychosocial factors that affect the specifi ed types of behaviour and changed
some of those factors
These risk and protective factors were selected through a combination of theory and research on factors
affecting young people’s sexual behaviour. Programmes that reduced sexual activity and increased condom
use focused on:
• Knowledge, including knowledge of sexual issues, HIV, other STDs and pregnancy (including methods of prevention)
• Perception of HIV risk
• Personal values about sex and abstinence
• Attitudes toward condoms (including perceived barriers to their use)
• Perception of peer norms and behaviour about sex
• Confi dence in the ability to refuse sex and to use condoms
• Intention to abstain from sex or to restrict frequency of sex or number of partners
• Communication with parents or other adults about sex, condoms, or contraception.
Also, programmes that reduced sexual activity focused on and improved:
• Confi dence in ability to avoid STD/HIV risk and risky behaviour
• Actual avoidance of places and situations that might lead to sex.
Programmes that increased condom use focused on and improved:
• Intention to use a condom.