Changes in HIV/AIDS/STI knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among the youth in Port Loko, Sierra Leone

@article{Casey2006ChangesIH,
  title={Changes in HIV/AIDS/STI knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among the youth in Port Loko, Sierra Leone},
  author={Shannon Casey and Mandi M. Larsen and Therese McGinn and M Sartie and Madubu Dauda and Prince Sao Lahai},
  journal={Global Public Health},
  year={2006},
  volume={1},
  pages={249 - 263}
}
Abstract Sierra Leone suffered from 11 years of civil war (1991–2002) resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and mutilations and massive population displacement. In 2001, ARC International, Sierra Leone, conducted a baseline survey of 244 female youth and 293 male youth on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours around HIV/AIDS and STIs in Port Loko. In 2003, following 2 years of HIV prevention activities, a comparable post-intervention survey of 250 female and 299 male youth was performed… 
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