[Evaluation of the efficacy of the "Spazi Giovani" of family clinics. Results of 3 ASL services of the City of Milan].
"Spazio Giovani" is a service offered once a week by many Family Counselling Services and aimed at addressing the needs of  tenagers and young people who can access it free of charge and without booking an appointment.  This kind of services started in the Eighties to address the needs of young people who were sexually active and often not accessing conventional services.  The objective of this study has been to assess how attitudes for unprotected sex and at risk sex behaviours decrease in a population attending the Youth Corner on a regular basis in comparison with the same attitudes and behaviours in a group of first-time users of the service over a six month period.  The research, involving 301 teen and young females showed significant differences in protected behaviours between the two groups.  No significant differences in attitudes were put in evidence by the study.
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Ist. di Igiene e Medicina Preventiva, Università degli Studi di Milano. alberto.pellai@unimi.it
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*