Table 2.
Summary description of the included studies.
| Author, Year of Publication, and Location | Interventions | Settings | Study | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Providers | Study Design | Control | Evaluation | Characteristics of Participants | ||
| Roberto et al. [48] U.S. 2007 |
Computer and internet-based intervention addressing pregnancy, HIV and STIs * | No in-person provider | High school | Pretest post-test control group design (randomization at school level) | No intervention | Baseline and 10 weeks after intervention |
N = 326 Mean age—15.5 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—European American (majority) |
| Morales et al. [49] Spain 2015 |
Culturally adapted HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program for Latino adolescents: “COMPAS (Skills for Adolescents with a Healthy Sexuality)” | Trained psychologists | High school | Pretest post-test control group design (randomization at school level) | No intervention | Baseline and 1 year after intervention |
N = 1563 Mean age—14–16 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—Spanish |
| Tortolero et al. [50] U.S. 2010 |
Computer-based plus classroom activities for HIV, STIs, and pregnancy prevention: “IYG (Its Your Game … Keep It Real!)” | Trained facilitators | Middle school | Pretest post-test control group design (randomization at school level) | Regular health classes | Baseline and 1 year after intervention |
N = 907 Mean age—13 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—African American |
| Cornelius et al. [51] U.S. 2013 |
Community-based HIV prevention program boosted with mobile cell phone (MCP) technology: “Becoming A Responsible Team (BART) curriculum” | Trained African American college graduate facilitators (peers) | Pilot study at university, participated by high school students | Pretest post-test treatment group only design | Baseline | Baseline, immediately, and 3 months after intervention |
N = 40 Mean age—15.4 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—African American |
| Aronson et al. [52] U.S. 2013 |
HIV preventive intervention for black male college students: “Brothers Leading Healthy Lives” | Trained peer facilitators and educators | College | Pretest post-test treatment group only design | Baseline | Baseline, immediately, and 3 months after intervention |
N = 54 Age range—18–24 Sex—male Ethnicity—African American |
| Calloway et al. [53] U.S. 2013 |
Preventive intervention addressing HIV and STIs for African American college students: “Playing it Safe: Protecting yourself from HIV/AIDS and other STIs” | Trained and certified peer educators | College | Pretest post-test control group design (randomization at class level) | No intervention | Baseline, immediately after intervention |
N = 97 Mean Age—18 Sex—male and female (female 79%) Ethnicity—African American (majority) |
| Espada et al. [54] Spain 2012 |
Culturally adapted HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program for Latino adolescents: “COMPAS (Skills for Adolescents with a Healthy Sexuality)” | Trained psychologists | High school | Pretest post-test control group design (randomization at school level) | No intervention | Baseline and immediately after intervention |
N = 827 Mean age—15.73 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—Spanish |
| Gaydos et al. [55] U.S. 2008 |
Community–university linked research and interventions addressing HIV and STIs: “Focus on Adolescents (FOA): modification of “Focus on Teens (FOT)” | Trained adult interventionists | High school | Pretest post-test treatment only group design (randomization at school level) | Baseline | Baseline, immediately, 6 months and 1 year after intervention |
N = 1190 Mean age—14.9 Sex—male and female (female > 70%) Ethnicity—African American |
| Lemieux et al. [56] U.S. 2008 |
Music-based HIV preventive intervention | Music Opinion Leaders (MOLs) (peers) | High school | Pretest post-test control group design (randomization at school level) | Regular health classes | Baseline and 3 months after intervention |
N = 306 Mean age—16 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—multi-ethnicity (predominantly African American and Latinos) |
| Hlavinkova et al. [57] Slovakia 2014 |
HIV prevention campaign: “Sunflower project” | Students organised, designed, and created contents of the campaign (peers) | High school and college | Pretest post-test treatment group only design | Baseline | Baseline and immediately after campaign |
N = 533 Mean age—15.8 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—multi-ethnicity |
| Gold et al. [58] Australia 2010 |
Sexual health promotion with text messaging focusing on chlamydia screening and condom use | No in-person provider is needed; researchers, professors, and students were involved in the study | No physical setting (most participants are high school graduates) | Pretest post-test treatment group only design | Baseline | Baseline and 2 weeks after intervention |
N = 587 Median age—22 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—not mentioned |
| Stanton et al. [59] Bahamas 2015 |
National evidence-based HIV prevention program for 6th grade students: “Focus on Youth in the Caribbean (FOYC)” | Trained teachers | Elementary school | Pretest post-test treatment group only design | Baseline | Baseline, immediately, and 1 year after intervention |
N = 4470 (6th grade students) Mean age—10.4 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—African descendants (majority) |
| Ateka et al. [60] U.S. 2007 |
Knowledge-based adolescent sexuality program: “City of Houston HIV and STD prevention program” | Trained teachers | High school | Intervention and control comparison at post-test only | Regular health classes | Compare the data of intervention and control schools over 1 academic year |
N = 430 Mean age—15.3 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—African American and Hispanics (Majority) |
| O’Grady et al. [61] U.S. 2009 |
Brief safe sex intervention for college students residing in residence halls: “Skills, Information, Motivation, Peer-led (SIMPL)” | Trained peer educators | College | Intervention and control comparison at post-test only | Information only | Immediately after sessions |
N = 108 Mean age—18.85 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—White (majority) |
| Peskin et al. [62] U.S. 2015 |
Computer-based sexual health education addressing pregnancy, HIV, and STIs: “IYG tech (Its Your Game … Keep It Real!)” | Trained facilitators | Middle school | Pretest post-test control group design (randomization at school level) | No intervention | Baseline and 1 year after intervention |
N = 1374 Mean age—14.3 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—Hispanic (74%), African American (17%), others (9%) |
| Mahat et al. [63] U.S. 2008 |
Peer Education Project (PEP) for HIV prevention: “Teens for AIDS Prevention (TAP)” | Trained peer educators (guided by nurses and teachers) | High school | Pre-test post-test control group design (no randomization) | Traditional sexual health education | Baseline and 5 months after intervention |
N = 97 Mean age—14 Sex—male and female Ethnicity—multi-ethnicity |
* HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus; STIs = Sexually Transmitted Infections.