title: Promoting sexual abstinence intention among female university students: A quasi-experimental study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The effectiveness of a theory-based educational intervention on intension for sexual abstinence among female university students was evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Female students were recruited from humanity sciences department through cluster sampling. Educational intervention was applied for four 90-min sessions and by application of cognitive theories during 4 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and nine female students with mean age of 20.74 ± 1.57 years took part in the study. Despite the similarity of two groups of intervention (n = 53) and control (n = 59) at baseline, there were significant differences between the two groups in mean scores of the variables, knowledge (4.62 ± 1.38 vs. 3.53 ± 1.61), perceived susceptibility (14.05 ± 1.51 vs. 12.37 ± 2.11), and perceived benefits (28.41 ± 2.14 vs. 27.51 ± 3.05), at follow-up time after 3 months (P < 0.05). Additionally, these variables were observed with improvement over 3 months in the intervention group (P < 0.05). However, this study showed no significant effect on the behavior intention and self-efficacy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study showed that educational intervention could improve knowledge, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy of the female students regarding HIV/AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh Rahmati
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Najarkolaei
authors.forename: Shamsaddin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niknami
authors.forename: Farkhondeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aminshokravi
authors.forename: Sedigheh S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tavafian
authors.forename: Nemat Allah
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Joneidi Jafari
authors.forename: Allahyar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golabchi
keywords: Attitude; health education; human immunodeficiency virus; knowledge; sexual abstinence
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