Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
ICF, Atlanta, Georgia.
J Adolesc Health. 2022 Sep;71(3):334-343. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.04.009. Epub 2022 Jun 1.
PURPOSE: This study is part of a larger evaluation of a multilevel, multistrategy federal program to reduce high school students' risk for HIV/sexually transmitted infection and unintended pregnancy. Local education agencies supported schools in implementing three strategies: delivering exemplary sexual health education, increasing student access to quality sexual health services, and enhancing safe and supportive school environments (SSE). We examined how levels of school implementation of these strategies moderated program effects on targeted student outcomes. METHODS: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey was implemented in participating local education agencies in 2015 and 2017 to assess student behaviors and experiences, whereas the School Health Profiles surveys assessed school policies and practices in 2014 and 2016. We used these surveys to measure student-level outcomes and school-level program delivery, respectively, which were analyzed using multilevel modeling in a difference-in-differences framework. RESULTS: Levels of SSE implementation significantly moderated program effects on multiple student outcomes, including ever having sex, having four or more lifetime sexual partners, being sexually active, using hormonal birth control, dual use of a condom and hormonal birth control, ever being forced to have sex, missing school because of safety concerns, and lifetime and current marijuana use. However, we found few moderating effects of exemplary sexual health education and sexual health services dosage. DISCUSSION: We found a significant relationship between incremental increases in implementation of activities to increase the safety and supportiveness of school environments and enhanced program effects in improving multiple student health outcomes. These findings suggest that school implementation of SSE activities contributed to intended program effects.
目的:本研究是对一项多层次、多策略的联邦计划的更广泛评估的一部分,该计划旨在降低高中生感染 HIV/性传播感染和意外怀孕的风险。地方教育机构支持学校实施三种策略:提供卓越的性健康教育、增加学生获得优质性健康服务的机会,以及加强安全和支持性的学校环境(SSE)。我们研究了这些策略的学校实施水平如何调节计划对目标学生结果的影响。
方法:2015 年和 2017 年,在参与的地方教育机构中实施了青少年风险行为调查,以评估学生的行为和经验,而学校健康概况调查则在 2014 年和 2016 年评估了学校政策和实践。我们使用这些调查分别衡量学生层面的结果和学校层面的计划实施情况,然后使用多层建模在差分差异框架中进行分析。
结果:SSE 实施水平显著调节了计划对多种学生结果的影响,包括曾经有过性行为、有过四个或更多的性伴侣、有过性行为、使用激素避孕、避孕套和激素避孕药的双重使用、曾经被迫发生性行为、因安全问题而缺课,以及终生和当前使用大麻。然而,我们发现卓越的性健康教育和性健康服务剂量的调节作用很少。
讨论:我们发现,增加增加学校环境的安全性和支持性的活动的实施水平与改善多个学生健康结果的计划效果之间存在显著关系。这些发现表明,学校实施 SSE 活动有助于实现预期的计划效果。
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