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port having sex at all in the previous three months, were less likely to have multiple partners, reported fewer days of unprotected sex and were more likely to say they used condoms consistently than those in the health promotion group. Gender did not affect teens' responses to the program but sexual experience level and primary language did. Among those who were sexually inexperienced at the beginning of the study, those in the HIV prevention group reported fewer days of unprotected sex; those who participated in the Spanish HIV course were five times more likely than those in the Spanish health promotion course to have used a condom the last time they had intercourse and also had a greater proportion of protected vs. unprotected sex.

"Results of this study demonstrate the efficacy of a safer sex intervention in decreasing sexual intercourse and increasing condom use," the authors conclude. "It is an important effort in providing practitioners an evidence base from which to guide and support adolescents in sexual decision making. Much more research is needed with Latino adolescents to address the health disparity in HIV and AIDS." (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:772-777. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://www.jamamedia.org.)

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JAMA and Archives Journals
7-Aug-2006

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