Evaluation of Three Adolescent Sexual Health Programs in Ha Noi and Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Table 2
Standard mean scores (with standard deviation) (range 0–100) for knowledge and PMT constructions at baseline and followups for VFOKa.
Baseline
3 months
6 months
12 months
Knowledge
Pregnancy/contraceptives
51.45 (16.54)
52.84 (17.18)
52.58 (15.89)
47.54 (18.47)**
STIs
57.53 (18.55)
65.35 (17.06)***
62.14 (19.93)**
56.32 (20.90)
HIV/AIDS
56.76 (19.24)
71.06 (20.52)***
65.26 (23.66)***
65.54 (20.75)***
PMT-threat appraisal
Extrinsic rewards
35.70 (18.58)
27.24 (17.38)***
28.08 (17.40)***
24.25 (14.68)***
Intrinsic rewards
38.83 (22.28)
39.43 (21.96)
47.80 (24.07)***
39.29 (20.18)
Perceived severity-pregnancy
31.90 (21.09)
31.16 (17.12)
32.38 (19.32)
27.04 (17.39)**
Perceived severity-HIV/AIDS
48.28 (17.45)
47.85 (15.42)
45.00 (17.48)***
45.34 (16.55)**
Perceived vulnerability-sex
45.19 (16.15)
44.50 (14.27)
42.91 (18.63)*
37.81 (14.69)***
Perceived vulnerability-HIV/AIDS
42.41 (16.21)
56.90 (17.79)***
48.27 (19.71)***
52.59 (18.94) ***
PMT-coping appraisal
Self-efficacy condom use
50.35 (33.45)
76.63 (24.32)
***
83.80 (21.66)
***
86.63 (18.35)
***
Self-efficacy abstinence
80.95 (31.36)
89.96 (23.96)***
90.25 (22.92)***
91.16 (23.04)***
Response efficacy
71.19 (23.34)
81.23 (18.89)***
76.79 (21.86)**
77.50**
Response cost
36.06 (17.32)
33.49 (19.17)*
38.28 (18.24)
35.76 (15.76)
aSignificance calculated on adjusted mean change between baseline and each followup. Multilevel modeling (MLM) analysis adjusted for intervention group, evaluation times, interaction between intervention group and evaluation times, age, gender, religious group (any religion versus nonreligion), and socio-economic status.
*
; **; ***. PMT: Protection Motivation Theory; VFOK: Vietnamese Focus on Kids.
