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A community-based intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents: The gonorrhea community action project

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  • VanDevanter, N.L.
  • Messeri, P.
  • Middlestadt, S.E.
  • Bleakley, A.
  • Merzel, C.R.
  • Hogben, M.
  • Ledsky, R.
  • Malotte, C.K.
  • Cohall, R.M.
  • Gift, T.L.
  • St. Lawrence, J.S.

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Objectives. We evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents. Methods. Adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years, recruited from community-based organizations in 2 different communities, were randomized into either a 3-session intervention or a control condition. We estimated outcomes from 3-month follow-up data using logistic and ordinary least squares regression. Results. Female intervention participants were significantly more likely than female control participants to have scheduled a health care appointment (odds ratio [OR]=3.04), undergone a checkup (OR=2.87), and discussed with friends or family members the importance of undergoing a checkup (OR=4.5). There were no differences between male intervention and male control participants in terms of outcomes. Conclusions. This theory-driven, community-based group intervention significantly increased preventive health care seeking among female adolescents. Further research is needed, however, to identify interventions that will produce successful outcomes among male adolescents.

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  • VanDevanter, N.L. & Messeri, P. & Middlestadt, S.E. & Bleakley, A. & Merzel, C.R. & Hogben, M. & Ledsky, R. & Malotte, C.K. & Cohall, R.M. & Gift, T.L. & St. Lawrence, J.S., 2005. "A community-based intervention designed to increase preventive health care seeking among adolescents: The gonorrhea community action project," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(2), pages 331-337.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2003.028357_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.028357
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