Jorge Subías-Perié, David Navarrete-Villanueva, Ángel Iván Fernández-García, Ana Moradell, Eva Gesteiro, Jorge Pérez-Gómez, Ignacio Ara, Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, José Antonio Casajús, Alba Gómez-Cabello
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Association with Physical Activity and Frailty Status in Spanish Older Adults with Decreased Functional Capacity: A Cross-Sectional Study
Nutrients
adolescents currently becoming sexually active 18th birthday battle unsafe sexual behaviours teenage pregnancies sexually transmitted infections stis school dropouts trend linked low soft skills selfesteem assertiveness skills make informed reasoned responsible decisions sexual activities study designed tested effect integrated reproductive health rh lesson materials problembased pedagogy pbp enhance soft skills safe sexual behaviour among adolescents tanzania doubleblinded clustered randomized controlled trial conducted september 2019 september 2020 among 660 randomly selected adolescents sexualrisk behaviour beliefs selfesteem scale adopted previous studies measured soft skills safe sexual behaviour descriptive statistical analysis performed using statistical analysis software programme version 94 effect intervention determined using linear mixed model set error probability 5 significance level 95 confidence interval error probability 080 adolescents mean age 151869 575 females endline findings indicated coefficient soft skills significantly higher among adolescents hybrid pbp 90986 p001 95ci 47772 142311 pure pbp 87114 p001 95ci 39990 101208 control group retention rate soft skills still significantly higher 3months followup 20044 p001 95ci 10234 41182 6months followup 19803 p001 95ci 08399 31099 compared baseline immediate postintervention assessments intervention substantially enhanced soft skills safe sexual behaviour among adolescents sex despite fact scores soft skills varied across study timelines adolescents demonstrated significant intentions abstain sexual intercourse delay sexual relationships negotiate condom use withstand sexual coercions pbp may need incorporated ordinary level secondary school curricula formal guide teachers health workers optimally prepare adolescents healthy adulthood