Knowledge Attitudes Beliefs and Practices Regarding HIV Among Teenagers in French Guiana

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02903745

Acronym

CAPADO

Enrollment

1603

Registered

2016-09-16

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

2011-06-30

Last updated

2016-09-16

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Conditions

HIV

Brief summary

French Guiana is the French territory where the prevalence of HIV is highest. in order to determine the knowledge attitudes, beliefs, and practices among the target group of teenagers attending the public school system a survey was conducted in 2011. schools and classrooms were randomly selected, and a structured questionnaire was administered. Descriptive statistics were obtained and multivariate logistic regression was used to determine predictors of main outcomes such as age at first sex. the results will be used to guide prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections though the school system.

Interventions

OTHERobservational

Study design

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* attending the public school system of french guiana

Exclusion criteria

* refusal to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
knowledge, attitudes, behaviours, and practices relative to HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections	when the interview was conducted	a structured questionnaire was used. it was administered face to face with usually 5 possible responses. Scores were established using similar questions exploring related areas of HIV.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026