Community-Based Sexual Risk Prevention Program for SRI Lankan Youth: Influencing Sexual-Risk Decision Making

This article describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a sexual-risk prevention program focused on the development of individual competencies and cultural norms promoting healthy sexual decision making. The community-based peer-facilitated intervention targeted adolescents and young adult men and women in Sri Lanka, who participated in small-group activities targeting sexual knowledge, attitudes, and practices; risk perception; and sexual-risk decision making. The intervention and evaluation tools were based on formative research data collected from members of the target population. Researchers from Sri Lanka and North America collaborated with local community health workers and community members in formative data collection and program development. The pilot intervention project was successful in improving sexual-risk perception and decision making, and (for women) knowledge of condoms and sexual terminology. The use of group process showed promise as a tool for fostering negotiation of perspectives and consensus building regarding sexuality and sexual risks. The lessons learned from this project can inform the development of culture-specific sexual-risk prevention programs worldwide.

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Efficacy of a Parent-Based Sexual-Risk Prevention Program for African American Preadolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine ◽

10.1001/archpedi.161.12.1123 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 161 (12) ◽

pp. 1123 ◽

Cited By ~ 78

Author(s):

Rex Forehand

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Sexual Risk ◽

Prevention Program ◽

Risk Prevention ◽

Sexual Risk Prevention

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Project Date SMART: a Dating Violence (DV) and Sexual Risk Prevention Program for Adolescent Girls with Prior DV Exposure

Prevention Science ◽

10.1007/s11121-018-0871-z ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 416-426 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Christie J. Rizzo ◽

Meredith Joppa ◽

David Barker ◽

Charlene Collibee ◽

Caron Zlotnick ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sexual Risk ◽

Dating Violence ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Prevention Program ◽

Risk Prevention ◽

Sexual Risk Prevention

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A Review of the Effectiveness of HIV Sexual Risk Prevention Interventions in Adult Prison Inmates

Journal of Correctional Health Care ◽

10.1177/1078345816669377 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 309-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Valerie Senkowski ◽

Katherine Norris ◽

Anthony McGaughey ◽

Paul Branscum

Keyword(s):

Sexual Risk ◽

Risk Prevention ◽

Prison Inmates ◽

Prevention Interventions ◽

Hiv Sexual Risk ◽

Sexual Risk Prevention

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Risk Decision-Making System in Manufacture Enterprise Management

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.694-697.3592 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 694-697 ◽

pp. 3592-3595

Author(s):

Yi Lin Chen

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Enterprise Management ◽

Individual Risk ◽

Risk Propensity ◽

Decision Making System ◽

The Difference ◽

The Impact ◽

Level Of Risk ◽

Risk Decision

Risk has always been at the core of entrepreneurs daily decision-making, but factors will influence individuals decision-making. In this study, we investigated risk decision-making and cognition process of venture experts and novices under a given venture contexts. The purpose of the experiment is to investigate the difference of risk perception, risk propensity among venture experts, novice and college students, and to investigate the impact of these factors to individual risk decision-making. The result shows that, for the level of risk perception, there are prominent differences in experts and novices, but for the level of risk propensity, there is no prominent difference in experts and novices. It could be concluded that it is the risk perception influence individual risk decision-making but not the risk propensity.

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Personal and family attributes of pregnant teenagers: findings from a community-based study in Sri Lanka

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2012-0110 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 39-47

Author(s):

Dulitha N. Fernando ◽

Nalika S. Gunawardena ◽

Manuj Chrishantha Weerasinghe

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

Formal Education ◽

Parental Separation ◽

Community Based ◽

Death Of A Parent ◽

Poor Families ◽

Low Education ◽

Age Of Marriage

Abstract Background: Teenage pregnancies are associated with negative outcomes. Prevention requires understanding them and their families. Objectives: This study aimed to describe personal and family attributes of pregnant teenagers in Sri Lanka. Methods: This was a community-based study in Sri Lanka among 510 pregnant teenagers. Results: Half (50%) of the subjects were 19 years of age at the time of pregnancy. A majority (79.8%) had studied up to grades 6–11. Confidence in decision-making (80.7%) and in refusing unnecessary requests (88.3%) was “excellent” in a majority. Mean age of marriage/co-habiting was 17.6 years. For 31%, marriage/cohabiting was a sudden decision taken jointly with their partner (81.6%) and 83% reported being “legally” married. Substantial proportions of mothers (17.6%) and fathers (13.9%) had not attended school, and 33.1% mothers had worked abroad. Teenagers reported the death of a parent (14.1%), parental separation (10.9%) and being brought up by relatives (20%). Only a few rated strictness of rules/regulations (32.4%), freedom to discuss problems regarding puberty (25.5%), love affairs (12.7%) and sexuality (26.7%) as excellent/good. Of the spouses, 12.9% were <20 years, 71.9% had low education and 98.8% were employed. A majority had “planned” the pregnancy, and for 79.8%, the reason was “husband’s wish to have a baby”. Conclusions: Pregnant teenagers were mostly in their late teens, from poor families and with low formal education. Though teenagers showed confidence in decision-making, the decision to have a pregnancy had mostly been their spouses. Parents and spouses of the teenagers were also young, less educated and poor. There was evidence of poor parenting practices.

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