Table 3 Knowledge and attitude pertaining to pregnancy, contraception, RTIs/STIs and HIV/AIDS among intervention and control arms at baseline and 3Â months endline
Characteristics | Response | Baseline | Three months endline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | P value | Intervention | Control | P value | ||
N = 469, n (%) | N = 321, n (%) | N = 387, n (%) | N = 304, n (%) | ||||
Pregnancy and contraception | |||||||
 Pregnancy can occur with one sexual act | True | 78 (16.6) | 67 (20.9) | 0.312 | 314 (81.3) | 51 (16.8) |  < 0.01 |
False | 53 (11.3) | 33 (10.3) | 22 (5.7) | 24 (7.9) | |||
Can't say | 338 (72.1) | 221 (68.8) | 50 (13.0) | 229 (75.3) | |||
 Early pregnancy before 18 years increases the chance of maternal death | True | 181 (38.6) | 145 (45.2) | 0.182 | 354 (91.5) | 120 (39.5) | < 0.01 |
False | 25 (5.3) | 15 (4.7) | 10 (2.6) | 17 (5.6) | |||
Can't say | 263 (56.1) | 161 (50.2) | 23 (5.9) | 167 (54.9) | |||
 Pregnancy can be prevented by using contraceptives | True | 134 (28.6) | 113 (35.2) | 0.131 | 360 (93.0) | 105 (34.5) | < 0.01 |
False | 24 (5.1) | 13 (4.0) | 6 (1.65) | 8 (2.6) | |||
Can't say | 311 (66.3) | 195 (60.7) | 21 (5.4) | 191 (62.8) | |||
 Are you aware of different methods of contraception? | Yes | 51 (10.9) | 39 (12.1) | 0.579 | 337 (87.1) | 22 (7.2) | < 0.01 |
No | 418 (89.1) | 282 (87.9) | 50 (12.9) | 282 (92.8) | |||
 Are you aware of the emergency contraceptive pill? | Yes | 62 (13.2) | 42 (13.1) | 0.956 | 348 (90.2) | 48 (15.6) | < 0.01 |
No | 407 (86.8) | 279 (86.9) | 38 (9.85) | 256 (84.2) | |||
 Girls should be taught sex education | True | 334 (71.2) | 256 (79.8) | 0.023 | 367 (95.1) | 217 (71.4) | < 0.01 |
False | 10 (2.1) | 6 (1.9) | 2 (0.5) | 9 (3.0) | |||
Can't say | 125 (26.7) | 59 (18.4) | 17 (4.4) | 78 (25.7) | |||
STIs/RTIs and HIV/AIDS | |||||||
 Have you heard about STIs/RTIs? | Yes | 177 (38.2) | 116 (36.4) | 0.596 | 371 (96.1) | 134 (44.1) | < 0.01 |
No | 286 (61.8) | 203 (63.6) | 15 (3.9) | 170 (55.95) | |||
 Are you aware of HIV/AIDS? | Yes | 200 (42.6) | 161 (50.2) | 0.037 | 369 (95.6) | 143 (47.0) | < 0.01 |
No | 269 (57.4) | 160 (49.8) | 17 (4.4) | 161 (53.0) | |||
 HIV is transmitted through sexual contact | True | 124 (26.4) | 112 (34.9) | 0.039 | 343 (88.6) | 99 (32.6) | < 0.01 |
False | 19 (4.1) | 12 (3.7) | 16 (4.1) | 16 (5.3) | |||
Can't say | 326 (69.5) | 197 (61.4) | 28 (7.2) | 189 (62.2) | |||
 Condoms protect against STI/HIV | True | 96 (20.5) | 70 (21.8) | 0.662 | 354 (91.5) | 67 (22.0) | < 0.01 |
False | 17 (3.6) | 15 (4.7) | 4 (1.0) | 7 (2.3) | |||
Can't say | 356 (75.9) | 236 (73.5) | 29 (7.5) | 230 (75.7) | |||
 A person infected with HIV should be removed from school | True | 80 (17.1) | 68(21.2) | 0.02 | 44 (14.5) | 33 (8.5) | < 0.01 |
False | 71(15.1) | 74(23.1) | 67 (22.0) | 326 (84.2) | |||
Can't say | 318(67.8) | 179(55.8) | 193 (63.5) | 28 (7.2) | |||