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. 2012 Aug 1;2012:345327. doi: 10.1155/2012/345327

Table 2.

Description of study outcomes stratified by role of theory use in each study.

Condom use at last sex Ever/consistently used condom Sexual debut, proportion of sexually active youth Sexual intercourse in past months Number of sexual partners HIV incidence HSV-2 Other STIs Overview
Theory used for development of intervention Visser, 2005° Ross, 2007++ Visser, 2005−− Maticka-Tyndale, 2007° Visser, 2005° Ross, 2007° Ross, 2007° Ross, 2007° 44 outcomes
Magnani, 2005++ Underwood, 2006++ Magnani, 2005−− Visser, 2007++ Magnani, 2005++ Jewkes, 2008° Jewkes, 2008++ Jewkes, 2008° ++7
Maticka-Tyndale, 2007+ Kim, 2001° Maticka-Tyndale, 2007+ Kim, 2001+ Ross, 2007+ Doyle, 2010° Doyle, 2010° Doyle, 2010° +10
Ross, 2007+ Magnani, 2005++ Ross, 2007° Visser, 2007−− °22
Jewkes, 2008° Atwood 2012° Klepp, 1997+ Kim, 2001+ 1
Underwood, 2006° Kim, 2001+ Atwood, 2012−− −−4
Visser, 2007° Underwood, 2006 Doyle, 2010+
Doyle, 2010° Atwood, 2012+
Tibbits, 2011° Burnet, 2011°
Doyle, 2010°
Tibbits, 2011°

James, 2006+ Harvey, 2000++ Harvey, 2000° James, 2006+ Harvey, 2000° 12 outcomes
Meekers, 1998° Meekers, 1998° Van Rossem, 1999+ Van Rossem, 1999° ++1
Theory used for development of evaluation or questionnaire Van Rossem, 1999+ Van Rossem, 1999+ Meekers, 1998° +5
°6
0
−−0

Van Rossem, 2000° Van Rossem, 2000++ Fitzgerald, 1999° Fitzgerald, 1999° Fitzgerald, 1999° 15 outcomes
Fitzgerald, 1999° Meekers, 2005+ Van Rossem, 2000° Van Rossem, 2000+ ++1
Theory used for development of intervention and evaluation or questionnaire Meekers, 2005+ Fitzgerald, 1999° Plautz, 2003 +3
Plautz, 2003° Plautz, 2003° °10
Karnell, 2005° 1
−−0

Theory used, but uncertain in which phase of study Shuey++ 1 outcome
++1

Speizer+ Agha, 2002° Speizer++ Speizer−− Agha, 2002++ Baird, 2012++ Baird, 2012++ Baird, 2012° 18 outcomes
Agha, 2002° Okonofua++ Brieger, 2001−− Agha, 2002++ Fawole, 1999° ++6
Interventions not explicitly based on theory Erulkar, 2004+ Kuhn° Fawole, 1999° Erulkar, 2004° Erulkar, 2004+ +4
Fawole, 1999° Fawole, 1999° Erulkar, 2004+ °12
Mason-Jones, 2011° Baird, 2012° Baird, 2012° 0
Mason-Jones, 2011−− −−3

++significant positive intervention effect on outcome variable for the whole study population.

+significant positive intervention impact on outcome variable for a subgroup of the target population, and no significant impact on the whole study population or whole population impact not reported.

°no significant intervention impact on the outcome variable.

significant negative intervention effect on outcome variable in a sub-group of the target population, and no significant impact on the whole study population or whole population impact not reported.

−−significant negative intervention effect on the outcome variable for the whole study population.