Promoting sexual and reproductive health among high school adolescents in Limpopo province, South Africa (PREPARE): culture-specific norms, attitudes and beliefs

Promoting sexual and reproductive health among high school adolescents in Limpopo province, South Africa (PREPARE): culture-specific norms, attitudes and beliefs: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10386599

Enrollment

2400

Registered

2013-07-12

Start date

2012-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

HIV and culture-specific norms, attitudes and beliefs Infections and Infestations Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

Interventions

Half of the schools have been randomly allocated to receive the intervention in 2013, and the other half will serve as control schools. Twelve schools were selected to participate in the teachers tra

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Grade 8 high school students between 12 and 19 years 2. Having parental consent for participation 3. Willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Students who are not attending school at the time of recruitment or who are not in Grade 8 at one of the selected high schools 2. Students of whom parents decline to consent to their child?s participation 3. Students who are not willing to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To measure changes in culture-specific beliefs amongst adoloscence. 1. Baseline questionnaire: 01-16 August 2012: Fieldworkers were involved in data collection, and the coordinator supervised the data collection procedures. 24 schools around Mankweng circuit were involved in data collection,12 intervention, 12 control. The Mankweng main road was used to divide the intervention and the control schools. Grade 8 students, between the age of 12 and 15, were involved in data collection. The learners selected were as follows, intervention 1877 and control 1298. 2. Classroom- based intervention: 20 August - 21September 2012 3. Follow-up questionnaire:10-20 October 2012 Data collection took place in 24 schools, 12 intervention and 12 control.	—

Measure

Time frame

To measure changes in culture-specific beliefs amongst adoloscence. 1. Baseline questionnaire: 01-16 August 2012: Fieldworkers were involved in data collection, and the coordinator supervised the data collection procedures. 24 schools around Mankweng circuit were involved in data collection,12 intervention, 12 control. The Mankweng main road was used to divide the intervention and the control schools. Grade 8 students, between the age of 12 and 15, were involved in data collection. The learners selected were as follows, intervention 1877 and control 1298. 2. Classroom- based intervention: 20 August - 21September 2012 3. Follow-up questionnaire:10-20 October 2012 Data collection took place in 24 schools, 12 intervention and 12 control.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction in HIV/AIDS prevalence amongst adolescents	—

Countries

South Africa

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 21, 2026