Human immunodeficiency virus prevention outcomes associated with arts-based sexual health workshop participation among Northern and Indigenous adolescents in the Northwest Territories, Canada ...

• Main Authors: Lys, Candice L, Logie, Carmen H, Lad, Anoushka, Sokolovic, Nina, Mackay, Kayley Inuksuk, Hasham, Aryssa, Malama, Kalonde
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Journals 2024
• Subjects: Infectious Diseases; FOS Health sciences; Canada; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.7039773.v1; https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Human_immunodeficiency_virus_prevention_outcomes_associated_with_arts-based_sexual_health_workshop_participation_among_Northern_and_Indigenous_adolescents_in_the_Northwest_Territories_Canada/7039773/1

BackgroundContextually tailored, arts-based HIV prevention strategies hold potential to advance adolescent sexual health and wellbeing. We examined HIV prevention outcomes associated with arts-based sexual health workshop participation with Northern and Indigenous adolescents in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada.MethodsAn Indigenous community-based youth agency delivered arts-based workshops in school settings to adolescents aged 13-18 in 24 NWT communities. Pre and post-test surveys included socio-demographic characteristics, sexually infections (STI) knowledge, HIV/STI risk perception, sexual relationship equity, condom use self-efficacy, and safer sex efficacy (SSE). Latent change score models were conducted to assess pre-post differences and factors associated with these differences.ResultsAmong participants ( n = 344; mean age 14.3 years, SD: 1.3; Indigenous: 79%) most (66%) had previously attended this workshop. Latent change score models revealed a significant and large effect size for increased ...