Abstract Theater-based approaches have been implemented globally as a health education and behavior change strategy for decades. Studies have shown that live theater performances can engage an audience and influence the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of audience members. Moreover, literature has shown that adolescents find theater-based interventions to be more acceptable and memorable than traditional didactic teaching methods. Few studies, however, have compared the effect of different intervention delivery modes on adolescents’ sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs. The present study aims to fill this gap in the literature and to evaluate the efficacy of two delivery modes (live and virtual) of a theater-based sexual health intervention for promoting sexual health strategies among adolescents. A total of 300 high school students were included in this study. Participants in both the live and virtual modes reported increased HIV knowledge and improved safe sex self-efficacy, suggesting that the live and virtual modes have comparable impact. Given the low cost and resource demands, these findings support the utilization of a virtual program as a promising practice for disseminating a sexual health intervention targeting adolescents on a large scale.

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直播还是虚拟？比较两个版本的AMP !，这是一种基于剧院的青少年性健康干预措施

摘要数十年来，基于剧院的方法已作为一种健康教育和行为改变策略在全球范围内实施。研究表明，现场剧院表演可以吸引观众并影响观众成员的知识，态度和行为。此外，文献表明，与传统的教学方法相比，青少年发现以戏剧为基础的干预更加容易接受和令人难忘。但是，很少有研究比较过不同干预方式对青少年性健康知识，态度和信念的影响。本研究旨在填补文献中的空白，并评估基于剧院的性健康干预的两种交付方式（实时和虚拟）的有效性，以促进青少年的性健康策略。这项研究总共包括300名高中生。现场和虚拟方式的参与者都报告说增加了对艾滋病毒的了解，并提高了安全性行为的自我效能，这表明现场和虚拟方式的影响相当。鉴于成本和资源需求低廉，这些发现支持使用虚拟程序作为有前途的实践，以大规模传播针对青少年的性健康干预措施。