Factors associated with middle school students' perceptions of the quality of school-based sexual health education

Background and Objectives: Physician discomfort, embarrassment, and perceived lack of time and/or training all play a role in preventing physicians from discussing sexual health with patients. Past research shows this discomfort begins in medical school. We aimed to determine whether teaching sexual health education increases medical students’ self-efficacy in discussing sexual health topics with adolescents. Methods: We emailed a retrospective pre/postsurvey to all medical students who taught sexual health education in a local middle school through Sex Ed by Brown Med (N=61). Results: Participation in Sex Ed by Brown Med improves self-efficacy in discussing nine sexual health topics and in performing nine advanced interviewing skills relevant to sexual health in a retrospective analysis using self-reported data. Conclusions: Programs similar to Sex Ed by Brown Med may be useful in improving medical students’ ability to adequately care for their patients’ sexual health by making future clinicians more comfortable when discussing the important topic of sexuality, and concurrently providing evidence-based comprehensive sexual health education to middle school students. Further research is needed to determine the impact of our program (and similar programs) before disseminating this model of sexual education.

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A Study on the Variation of Dental Plaque after Oral Health Education for Some Middle School Students

The Journal of Next-generation Convergence Technology Association ◽

10.33097/jncta.2020.04.03.292 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 292-299

Author(s):

Hye-Young Park ◽

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Hyun-Seo Yoon ◽

Hye-Jin Kim

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Oral Health ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Health Education ◽

Dental Plaque ◽

School Students ◽

Oral Health Education

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Effects of Eucalyptus Aromatherapy on Quality of Life and Academic Stress in Middle-School Students with Allergic Rhinitis

The Korean Journal of Growth and Development ◽

10.34284/kjgd.2019.02.27.1.71 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 71-78

Author(s):

Mi-Hee Choi ◽

Kum-Bee Lee ◽

Young-Sun Kim ◽

Yeong-Suk Cha

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Middle School ◽

Allergic Rhinitis ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Academic Stress ◽

School Students

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Contraceptive Use Among Korean High School Adolescents: A Decision Tree Model

The Journal of School Nursing ◽

10.1177/1059840520987534 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 105984052098753

Author(s):

Sung Hae Kim ◽

Yoona Choi

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Health Education ◽

Decision Tree ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Sexual Intercourse ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Sexual Health Education ◽

School Students

Although the rate of sexual intercourse among adolescents has increased in Asian countries, including Korea, many sexually active adolescents still do not use contraception. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for contraceptive nonuse among adolescents using decision tree analysis of the 2018 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2,460 high school students who had an experience of sexual intercourse. The findings indicated that the highest risk group who did not use contraception during sexual intercourse did not receive sexual health education in school and was involved in habitual or purposeful drug use. The experience of ever receiving treatment due to violence and the experience of sexual intercourse after drinking were also identified as risk factors for contraceptive nonuse. To encourage contraceptive use, development of standard sexual health education, counseling, and educational intervention intended to prevent risky behaviors is needed.

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Middle School Students’ Perceptions of the Quality of School Life in Ankara

Journal of Education and Learning ◽

10.5539/jel.v6n1p175 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 175 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Figen Eres ◽

Pinar Bilasa

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Academic Success ◽

Middle School Students ◽

Life Quality ◽

School Management ◽

School Life ◽

School Students ◽

Quality Perception ◽

Quality Of School Life

The aim of this research is to measure the perception of middle school students in Ankara regarding the quality of school life. According to the findings obtained, the students have moderate level perceptions about the quality of school life. Their perceptions about sub-dimensions vary. While the students have the highest perceptions about sub-dimension “status”, they have the lowest perceptions about “school management”. The students have moderate perceptions about sub-dimension “student” which includes mutual relations between students. Similarly, they have moderate perceptions about feelings towards the school which include items related with school image as perceived by the students. The school management, which is directly responsible for the school climate and image, has an impact on life quality perception. Analyzing school life quality of the students by their demographic features, it was found that female students and students in a class consisting of 10-20 students have higher school life quality perception. Although academic success of the students varies, their school life quality perception does not vary.

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