BMJ  2006;332 (20 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7551.0-c

School based HIV education courses should be more successful

A rigorously designed and implemented HIV education course in 40 Mexican high schools did not reduce risky sexual behaviour. Walker and colleagues (p 1189) randomised 10 954 pupils to one of three educational courses—a 30 hour HIV education course which promoted condom use, the same course with emergency contraception as back-up, or to the existing sexual education course. Although knowledge of HIV improved in both intervention arms, reported condom use was the same in all arms. However, these results might be partly due to country-specific cultural and economic limitations of access to contraception.

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