PASHA Program Archive ST21

SAFER CHOICES: A High-School Based Program to Prevent STDs, HIV and Pregnancy
ETR Associates & Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, University of Texas—Houston, Health Science Center

SAFER CHOICES is a comprehensive intervention to reduce the number of high school students engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse. The program is designed for ninth and tenth graders, with 10 classroom lessons presented each year. The randomized trial involved 20 high schools. The evaluation revealed that the intervention reduced the frequency of sex without a condom (p = .02), reduced the number of sexual partners in the last three months with whom a condom was not used (p = .04), and increased condom use during last sex among those who had sex in the last three months (p = .02).