Table 1 Search Strategy conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL
Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1966 to April Week 2 2006 | EMBASE 1988 to 2006 Week 16 | CINAHL – Cumulative Index to Nursing, Allied Health Literature 1982 to April Week 3 2006 |
|---|---|---|
Exp Randomized Controlled Trials/ | Randomized Controlled Trial/ | exp Clinical Trials/ |
Exp Random Allocation/ | exp Randomization/ | exp Random Assignment/ |
Exp Controlled Clinical Trials/ | Clinical Trial/ | exp Double-Blind Studies/ |
Exp Clinical Trials/ | exp CONTROL/ | exp Single-Blind Studies/ |
Exp Double-Blind Method/ | exp Control Group/ | exp Comparative Studies/ |
Exp Single-Blind Method/ | exp Case Control Study/ | exp Prospective Studies/ |
Exp Evaluation Studies/ | Double Blind Procedure/ | exp Concurrent Prospective Studies/ |
Exp Intervention Studies/ | Single Blind Procedure/ | exp Pilot Studies/ |
Exp Cohort Studies/ | exp Comparative Study/ | exp Validation Studies/ |
Exp Prospective Studies/ | exp Prospective Study/ | exp INTERVENTION TRIALS/ |
Exp Longitudinal Studies/ | exp Longitudinal Study/ | random$.tw. |
Exp Follow-Up Studies/ | exp Pilot Study/ | (intervention$ adj5 stud$).tw. |
Exp Epidemiologic Studies/ | exp Evaluation/ | (random$ or alloc$ or assign$).ti, ab. |
Exp Multicenter Studies/ | exp "Types of Study"/ | exp Preventive Trials/ |
validation studies.tw. | exp Cohort Analysis/ | or/1–14 |
random$.tw. | exp Follow Up/ | exp SCHOOLS/ |
(intervention$ adj5 stud$).tw. | Multicenter Study/ | exp Schools, Elementary/ |
(random$ or alloc$ or assign$).ti, ab. | Validation Process/ | exp Schools, Middle/ |
or/1–18 | random$.tw. | exp Schools, Secondary/ |
Exp Schools/ | (intervention$ adj5 stud$).tw. | exp students, high school/ |
Exp Health Promotion/ | (random$ or alloc$ or assign$).ti, ab. | exp Health Education/ |
Exp Health Education/ | or/1–21 | exp Health Promotion/ |
education.ti. | exp SCHOOL/ | exp Sex Education/ |
Exp Sex Education/ | exp Primary School/ | exp School Health Education/ |
teaching.ti. | exp High School/ | exp Student Health Education/ |
(school$ adj5 sex$ adj5 (educat$ or | exp School Health Service/ | exp HIV Education/ |
promot$ or interven$ or teach$)).tw. | exp Health Promotion/ | education.ti. |
or/20–26 | exp Health Education/ | exp Safe Sex/ |
Exp Africa/ | education.ti. | (school$ adj5 sex$ adj5 (educat$ or promot$ or interven$ or teach$)).tw. |
Exp Sexually Transmitted Diseases/ | exp Sexual Education/ | or/16–28 |
Exp HIV/ | Education Program/ | exp "Africa South of the Sahara"/ |
Exp HIV Infections/ | teaching.ti. | exp Sexually Transmitted Diseases/ |
Exp Sexual Behavior/ | (school$ adj5 sex$ adj5 (educat$ or promot$ or interven$ or teach$)).tw. | exp CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS/ |
Exp Unsafe Sex/ | or/23–33 | exp CHLAMYDIA/ |
Exp Gonorrhea/ | exp AFRICA/ | exp Chlamydia Trachomatis/ |
Exp Chlamydia/ | exp "Africa South of the Sahara"/ | exp GONORRHEA/ |
(sex$ adj3 behaviour$).tw. | 35 or 36 | exp Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ |
(sex$ adj3 transmit$ adj3 (disease$ or infection$)).tw. | exp Sexually Transmitted Disease/ | exp HIV Infections/ |
or/29–37 | exp Human Immunodeficiency Virus | exp Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ |
19 and 27 and 28 and 38 | Infection/ | (sex$ adj3 transmit$ adj3 (disease$ or infection$)).tw. |
limit 39 to yr = "1986 – 2006" | exp CHLAMYDIASIS/ | or/32–40 |
limit 40 to "all child (0 to 18 years)" | exp GONORRHEA/ | 15 and 30 and 31 and 41 |
|  | exp SYPHILIS/ | limit 42 to yr = "1986 – 2006" |
| Â | exp TRICHOMONIASIS/ | limit 43 to (child <6 to 12 years > or adolescence <13 to 18 years>) |
| Â | exp Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/ | Â |
| Â | exp Sexual Behavior/ | Â |
| Â | (sex$ adj3 behaviour$).tw. | Â |
| Â | (sex$ adj3 transmit$ adj3 (disease$ or infection$)).tw. | Â |
|  | or/38–47 |  |
| Â | 22 and 34 and 37 and 48 | Â |
| Â | limit 49 to (school child <7 to 12 years> or adolescent <13 to 17 years>) | Â |