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

Completed

• Conditions: HIV

• Registration Number: NCT02903745
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2011-01
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1603

Inclusion Criteria

• attending the public school system of french guiana

Exclusion Criteria

• refusal to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne; 🇫🇷 Cayenne, French Guiana, France