Effect of an intervention to prevent unwanted pregnancy in adolescents. A randomized, prospective study from Nordland County, Norway, 1999–2001
Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of an intervention designed to prevent unwanted pregnancy in adolescents. A stratified sample of 74 compulsory schools was drawn at random from all compulsory schools in the county of Nordland in northern Norway. Of these 54 schools were willi...
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crwiley:10.1002/casp.712 2024-06-02T08:10:51+00:00 Effect of an intervention to prevent unwanted pregnancy in adolescents. A randomized, prospective study from Nordland County, Norway, 1999–2001 Træen, Bente 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.712 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fcasp.712 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/casp.712 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology volume 13, issue 3, page 207-223 ISSN 1052-9284 1099-1298 journal-article 2003 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.712 2024-05-03T11:23:05Z Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of an intervention designed to prevent unwanted pregnancy in adolescents. A stratified sample of 74 compulsory schools was drawn at random from all compulsory schools in the county of Nordland in northern Norway. Of these 54 schools were willing to participate. The participating schools were assigned to four different groups according to a Solomon four‐group design. A total of 1183 pupils gave their informed consent for participation. For the intervention, a textbook in sex education was developed and handed out to pupils and teachers participating in the intervention groups. Data collections were carried out 1999–2001. The results from this study stem from data collected at post‐test 1. The individual was used as unit of analysis. Among adolescents who made their coital debut between the pre‐test and post‐test 1, more of those in the intervention group than in the pre‐test group reported use of contraception during first sexual intercourse. No other statistically significant effect of the intervention was found. The reason may be biased drop‐out. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordland Nordland Northern Norway Nordland Wiley Online Library Norway Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 13 3 207 223 |
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Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of an intervention designed to prevent unwanted pregnancy in adolescents. A stratified sample of 74 compulsory schools was drawn at random from all compulsory schools in the county of Nordland in northern Norway. Of these 54 schools were willing to participate. The participating schools were assigned to four different groups according to a Solomon four‐group design. A total of 1183 pupils gave their informed consent for participation. For the intervention, a textbook in sex education was developed and handed out to pupils and teachers participating in the intervention groups. Data collections were carried out 1999–2001. The results from this study stem from data collected at post‐test 1. The individual was used as unit of analysis. Among adolescents who made their coital debut between the pre‐test and post‐test 1, more of those in the intervention group than in the pre‐test group reported use of contraception during first sexual intercourse. No other statistically significant effect of the intervention was found. The reason may be biased drop‐out. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Effect of an intervention to prevent unwanted pregnancy in adolescents. A randomized, prospective study from Nordland County, Norway, 1999–2001 |
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Effect of an intervention to prevent unwanted pregnancy in adolescents. A randomized, prospective study from Nordland County, Norway, 1999–2001 |
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