Human immunodeficiency virus prevention outcomes associated with arts-based sexual health workshop participation among Northern and Indigenous adolescents in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Int J STD AIDS
; 35(6): 438-445, 2024 May.
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| ID: mdl-38261721
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Contextually 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.METHODS:
An 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.RESULTS:
Among 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 STI knowledge (ß = 2.10, SE = 0.48, p < .001) and significant and small effect sizes for increased HIV/STI risk perception (ß = 0.24, SE = 0.06, p < .001) and SSE (ß = 0.16, SE = 0.07, p = .02). The largest increases across several outcomes occurred with first time workshop participants; yet previous workshop participants continued to report increases in HIV/STI risk perception and SSE.CONCLUSION:
Arts-based HIV prevention approaches show promise in advancing STI knowledge, risk perception, and SSE with Northern and Indigenous youth.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
2_ODS3
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sexual Behavior
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HIV Infections
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Sexual Health
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J STD AIDS
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article