HIV risk reduction among detained adolescents: a randomized, controlled trial.

Counseling Therapy with Hatha Yoga on Adherence Level, Nutritional Status, and Quality of Life Among HIV-Infected Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Randomized trial of group interventions to reduce HIV/STD risk and change theoretical mediators among detained adolescents.

Criminally involved adolescents engage in high levels of risky sexual behavior and alcohol use, and alcohol use may contribute to lack of condom use. Detained adolescents (n = 484) were randomized to (1) a theory-based sexual risk reduction intervention (GPI), (2) the GPI condition with a group-based alcohol risk reduction motivational enhancement therapy component (GPI + GMET), or (3) an infor...

The effect of Citrus Aurantifolia (Lemon) peels on cardiometabolic risk factors and markers of endothelial function in adolescents with excess weight: A triple-masked randomized controlled trial

Background: Childhood obesity is becoming a global problem and its incidence is increasing. The role of dietary intervention with fruits containing vitamin C and flavonoid to control obesity consequences in childhood has not been yet defined. Lemon (Citrus aurantifolia) peels contain flavonoid, pectin and vitamin C. We aimed to compare the effects of lemon peels and placebo on cardiometabolic r...

Commentary: Sex education interventions: increasing knowledge is only a first step.

aim of sex education interventions should be to reduce the adverse outcomes of sexual intercourse. This includes unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infection rates. The findings of the most recent systematic review of interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies amongst adolescents, using the results exclusively from randomized trials in developed countries , are disappointing. 1 ...

School-based randomized controlled trial of an HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To test the efficacy of a school-based human immunodeficiency virus/sexually transmitted disease (HIV/STD) risk-reduction intervention for South African adolescents. DESIGN A cluster-randomized, controlled design with assessments of self-reported sexual behavior collected before intervention and 3, 6, and 12 months after intervention. SETTING Primary schools in a large, black town...