An evaluation of the effectiveness of peer-education in preventing new HIV infections among adolescents in Northern Malawi

Peer - education within the RRBM model: Testing the efficacy of Peer-education in HIV and AIDS risk - reduction among school going adolescents in Northern Malawi

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201612001889209

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-11-27

Start date

2017-04-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Interventions

Peer - education

Generic Life skills

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: To be in either the experimental or control group adolescents should be: 1] School going adolescents 2] Between 9 -20 years age category

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those adolescents to be excluded are: 1] Out of school 2] married adolescents 3] above 20 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge;Self Efficacy;Reported sexual behavior ;Number of sexual partners [partnering behaviour];Other psychosocial determinants of sexual practices [self-esteem and self concept];Attitudes, beliefs and actual practices towards [ A - Abstinence B - faithfulness to one partner C - condom use];Age at sexual debut;Secondary abstinence	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Adherence to biomedical protocols 1] VCT 2] Male circumcision 3] Seeking STI treatment;Attitude to youth services and service providers;Accepting attitudes and reported attitudes against stigma and discrimination of people with HIV infection or AIDS	—

Countries

Malawi

Contacts

Public ContactDixie Maluwa-Banda

Supervisor and specialist in Adolescent Psychology, Adolescent Counselling and researcher

dixiebanda@yahoo.com+265 (0) 999 955 667

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026