Conclusions
As this is the only evaluation to date of the Family Life and HIV Education programme approved for delivery in all Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria using an experimental design. It combines evaluation of this school-based programme with evaluation of the programme combined with a community-based programme designed to enhance
the AIDS Competence of communities and support the changes promoted in the school
programme. Programme effects were strongest for youth where there was programming in both their school and their community. In fact, fewer changes reached statistical significance when there were only school programmes. These results are
consistent with other research that found that while possible, it is difficult. Change appears more likely when work is also done in communities. Because the Youth Corps members delivering community programmes also enhanced the programming being delivered in the schools, the results also suggest that school programming is
likely to benefit from the participatory methods used by the Youth Corps members and/or by the presence of youthful programme leaders