Socio‐Ecological Factors Associated With Students' Perceived Impact of an Evidence‐Based Sexual Health Education Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (8) ◽  
pp. 604-617
Author(s):  
Christine M. Markham ◽  
Melissa F. Peskin ◽  
Elizabeth R. Baumler ◽  
Robert C. Addy ◽  
Melanie A. Thiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Sexual Health Education ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Perceived Impact

scholarly journals Supplementing Substance Use Prevention With Sexual Health Education: A Partner-Informed Approach to Intervention Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483992094768
Author(s):  
Terrinieka W. Powell ◽  
Meghan Jo ◽  
Anne D. Smith ◽  
Beth D. Marshall ◽  
Santha Thigpen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Substance Use Prevention ◽  
Sexual Health Education ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Wide Range

Supplementing substance use prevention with sexual health education would allow educators to address the risk and protective factors that influence both health issues. This streamlined approach may minimize the inefficiencies of multisession, single-purpose interventions. Our team developed a supplemental sexual and reproductive health (SRH) unit to align with an existing evidence-based intervention, LifeSkills Training (LST). This goal of this article is to describe our process, final product, lessons learned, and future directions. Our partner-informed approach took place across three key phases: (1) formative insights, (2) unit development, and (3) pilot implementation. The final supplemental SRH unit is ten, 45-minute sessions offered to seventh- and eighth-grade students and includes a set of learning objectives that are aligned with individual sessions. The supplemental SRH unit also mirrors existing LST modules in length, flow, layout, facilitator instructions, focus on prevention, and utilization of a student workbook. Lessons learned include strategies to effectively incorporate a wide range of ongoing feedback from multiple sources and quickly respond to staff turnover. This partnership approach serves as a model for researchers and practitioners aiming to extend the reach of existing evidence-based programs.

Identifying Implementation Drivers for Teen Sexual Health Education Curricula

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483992110465
Author(s):  
Aleena Glinski ◽  
Jenny Cox ◽  
Michel F. Lahti
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Teen Pregnancy ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Pregnancy Prevention ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sexual Health Education ◽  
Teen Pregnancy Prevention ◽  
School Site ◽  
Birth Rates

This article focuses on examining the implementation of evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programming in a select school district. Results are presented based on the following implementation drivers: (1) actions taken by leadership to make decisions, provide guidance, and support how the school site and community-based organizations are functioning in support of implementation; (2) actions taken to ensure competent staff delivery of the curricula; and (3) actions taken to create and sustain a hospitable context in order to implement the interventions at the school site. The need for adolescent sexual health education is evident in this geographic location where Hispanic or Latino teens consistently have higher birth rates among race and ethnicities that are routinely reported. For 2018, when this project started, those rates were 40 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years. For 2018, the birth rates for African Americans was 31 and for Whites was 17 per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years. The project goals were to reduce teen birth rates by (1) providing evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention curricula to youth aged 11 to 19 years over the course of the 5-year project period, (2) training school staff and community members in the curricula, and (3) generating community support of youth access to reproductive health care and education. Despite a funding interruption to implementation of the project and the impact of COVD-19, educational programming was provided to 9,616 youth. The article details the key implementation strategies and solutions so that other practitioners can consider application of these implementation drivers in their own adolescent health education programming.

scholarly journals The Need for Nurse Interventions in Sex Education in Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 492
Author(s):  
Ľuboslava Pavelová ◽  
Alexandra Archalousová ◽  
Zuzana Slezáková ◽  
Dana Zrubcová ◽  
Andrea Solgajová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Nurse ◽  
Sexual Education ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sexual Health Education

Background: Developmentally appropriate evidence-based sexual health education should be included as part of a comprehensive school health education program and be accessible to all students. The registered school nurse is a valuable resource to parents and educators in this area and supports the implementation of evidence-based sexual health education programs that promote healthy sexual development for adolescents. Methods: The research group consisted of 438 adolescents aged 12 to 15 years in a selected region in Slovakia, 186 boys and 252 girls. Average age of the girls was 13.2 and the boys 13.3 years. A nurse—a specialist in community nursing—collected the data using a self-designed questionnaire. The questions evaluated by the five-point Likert scale focused on finding out the knowledge and attitudes of adolescents to the role of school nurses regarding sexuality and reproductive health. Results were analyzed using parametric comparison tests with significance value 0.05: Student t-test for independent samples. Results: The girls and the boys most often drew information on sexuality and reproductive health from their parents and friends. The evaluation of the adolescents’ views on who should be a competent professional in the field of sexual education at schools found statistically significant differences between the boys and girls. For the boys and girls, a sexologist received the most significant assessment of competence. The interest in a school nurse in a school environment would be statistically significantly more appreciated by the girls compared to the boys, not just for solving problems related to healthy lifestyle, but also regarding sexuality, parenting and marriage. The adolescents consider the education for marriage and parenthood as the least discussed issue at present. In evaluating topics the adolescents would discuss, there were statistically significant differences between the boys and girls. Conclusions: A community or school nurse would also be able to successfully perform sexual education at schools. In Slovakia, this applied nursing discipline is lacking.

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