Effectiveness of a school-based social marketing intervention to promote adolescent sexual health

Objective: Schools should design holistic sex education programmes to improve sex knowledge and enhance positive sexual attitudes among adolescents. A school-based social marketing sex education programme named Starting from love – Go! Go! Go! was designed. This study determined the effectiveness of the intervention to promote adolescent sexual health in junior high schools in Southern Taiwan. Method: A one-group pretest–posttest design was utilised. Cluster random sampling was used to select participants (seventh-grade students aged 13–14 years) from 24 junior high schools. Results: A total of 1,407 seventh-grade participants completed the survey. Among the 1,407 participants, 714 were boys and 693 were girls. The results revealed that the total average sexual knowledge score of the participants was 1.55 points higher after the interventions, indicating significantly increased sexual knowledge ( p < .001). The sexual attitudes of participants after the interventions significantly improved compared with those beforehand ( p < .001). Moreover, the sexual knowledge and attitudes of participants exhibited a positive correlation ( r = .357, p < .001). Conclusion: The proposed school-based social marketing sex education programme holds the potential to improve sexual knowledge and enhance positive sexual attitudes of the junior high school students and the educational efficacy of sex education with respect to sex-related concerns.

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Opportunities and challenges in school-based sex and sexual health education in Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal ◽

10.3126/kumj.v7i4.2773 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 445-453 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

DR Acharya ◽

ER Van Teijlingen ◽

P Simkhada

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Sex Education ◽

Web Sites ◽

Community Support ◽

Education Programme ◽

Personal Contact ◽

Sexual Health Education ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

School Based

This article identifies and addresses opportunities for and challenges to current school-based sex and sexual health education in Nepal. Key literature searches were conducted of electronic databases and relevant web-sites, furthermore personal contact with experts and the hand searching of key journals was included. The review of this literature generated the following challenges: Limitations to teaching including lack of life skill-based and human right-based approach, inappropriate teaching aid and reliance on conventional methods, existing policy and practice, parental/community support, and lack of research into and evaluation of sex education. Diverse methodology in teaching, implementation of peer education programme, partnership with parents, involvement of external agencies and health professionals, capacity building of teachers, access to support and service organisation, and research and evaluation in sex education have been suggested for improving the current practice of sex and sexual health education in Nepalese schools. Key words: Sex education; education; school; adolescence; Nepal DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v7i4.2773 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2009) Vol.7, No.4 Issue 28, 445-453

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Pilot study to develop and assess the feasibility and acceptability of Positive Choices: A school-based social marketing intervention to improve sexual health and reduce unintended teenage pregnancies in England

http://isrctn.com/ ◽

10.1186/isrctn12524938 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Chris Bonell

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Social Marketing ◽

School Based ◽

Marketing Intervention

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Methods to Decrease Attrition in Longitudinal Studies with Adolescents

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.139 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 87 (1) ◽

pp. 139-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jennifer A. Epstein ◽

Gilbert J. Botvin

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Data Collection ◽

Middle Schools ◽

Longitudinal Studies ◽

Junior High ◽

Junior High Schools ◽

School Based ◽

Contact Information

A summary of methods to decrease attrition in longitudinal school-based studies conducted with adolescents beginning junior high schools or middle schools is presented. These include collection of contact information about students, additional days to collect data from absentee students, data collection in new high schools once students graduate from junior high schools or middle schools, sending questionnaires by mail, and conducting telephone or home interviews.

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University Freshman's Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Satisfaction of Sex Education

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education ◽

10.5977/jkasne.2019.25.2.238 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 238-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hae Young Min ◽

Jung Min Lee ◽

Hye Young Min ◽

Yeo Won Jeong

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

High School ◽

Sex Education ◽

Sexual Attitudes ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Self Report ◽

Sexual Knowledge ◽

Education Programs ◽

The Relationship ◽

University Freshman

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual knowledge, attitude, and satisfaction of sex education in university freshman. Methods: The participants were 275 freshman students under the age of 20 years old. Data were collected in 2017 using a self-report questionnaire. Results: The average scores of participants' sexual knowledge, attitude, and satisfaction of sex education were $24.22{pm}4.94$ out of 38 points, $90.81{pm}15.86$ out of 168 points, and $11.05{pm}3.08$ out of 20 points, respectively. With respect to the demographic characteristics, there were statically significant differences in sexual knowledge according to chances of relationship engagement (F=6.19, p=.002) and residence type (F=3.67, p=.013). Both sexual attitudes and satisfaction of sex education showed significant differences by major (t=3.20, p=.002; t=2.65, p=.009), types of high school (F=3.39, p=.019; F=3.53, p=.015), and interest in previous sex education during teenage years (F=2.88, p=.015; F= 6.22, p<.001). Sexual knowledge showed a statistically significant correlation with attitudes (r=.153, p=.011). Conclusion: There is insufficient sex information available for college students. It is necessary in the future to develop sex education programs that are matched to college students' needs.

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تطوير مواد تعليم اللغة العربية في ضوء المنهج على مستوى الوحدة التعليمية (KTSP)

'Arabiyya: Jurnal Studi Bahasa Arab ◽

10.47498/arabiyya.v9i2.386 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 209

Author(s):

Wahyu Mimbar

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Learning Process ◽

Curriculum Design ◽

Junior High ◽

Arabic Language ◽

Junior High Schools ◽

Qualitative Design ◽

School Based ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

Descriptive Qualitative

Babul Maghfirah Is one Of junior high Schools located in Aceh Besar which gives high attention to Arabic Learning In This Rase, It is one of 13 Junior high Schools In Aceh Besar which still Implements School-Based Curriculum (KTSP) in Teaching learning process. That is why, the write intended to conduct a Research under the title “ The Analysis of Arabic Material in School-Based Curriculum design” The present research was aimed to Find Out : 1) The Obstacle Faced by the Teacher in transferring the material in school-Based Curriculum design, 2) The Strength and weakness Of School-Based Curriculum method, and 3) The analysis of Arabic learning from cognitive, effective and Psikomotor view in School-Based Curriculum design. Descriptive Qualitative design was used in this research so that the writer used Questionnaire, Observation, and Interview to collect the data needed. Furthermore, all students (24 students) of grade VIII were become the sample of this research. After Conducting the research, it was Found that : 1) most of the Teachers had lack understanding toward the School-Based Curriculum it self. It was caused by the Curriculum was not a perfect design and still need a futher development: 2) Lack of understanding in “Nahwu and Qawai’id” material was one of the weakness of KTSP in cognitive. It made The Students hard to master the method of giving the line, gathering new vocabularies and expression. Thus, it led them to be unable to speak Arabic, Affectively, the Students were more exsited to learn Arabic with School-Based Curriculum design, in psikomotor aspect, the writer found that students had good Capability in Performing “ istima’kalamQira’ah and Khitabah”. They also tonded to motivate each other. 3) After Conducting observation, Interview and Questionnare, It was also found that the Material of Arabic Language in School-Based Curriculum did not meet to Students need.

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Nigerian secondary school adolescents’ perspective on abstinence-only sexual education as an effective tool for promotion of sexual health

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.2-86.v2 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 86

Author(s):

Mfrekemfon P Inyang ◽

Obonganyie P Inyang

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Sex Education ◽

Survey Design ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Education Programme ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Sexual Education ◽

Preparedness For Practice ◽

Abstinence Only

The success of any type of sexual education programme depends on the knowledge and preparedness for practice by adolescents. A recent study has found that an ‘abstinence-only’ sexual education programme is effective in reducing sexual activity among adolescents. Knowledge of abstinence-only sexual education and preparedness for practice as an effective tool for promotion of sexual health among Nigerian secondary school adolescents was studied. An analytic descriptive survey design was used for the study. The research population comprised of all public secondary schools in three southern geopolitical zones of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 2020 senior secondary school (SS1-SS3) students as sample for the study. A partially self-designed and partially adapted questionnaire from an 'abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education' debate, from debatepedia (http://wiki.idebate.org/), entitled 'Questionnaire on Nigerian Secondary School Adolescents’ Perspective on Abstinence-Only Sexual Education (QNSSAPAOSE)' was used in eliciting information from respondents. Hypotheses were formulated and tested. Frequency counts, percentage and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used in analysing data. A greater proportion of secondary school adolescents in this study lacked knowledge of sexual education. About 80% of the respondents could not define sexual education. The general perspective on abstinence-only sexual education was negative, as revealed by the larger number of respondents who demonstrated unwillingness to practice abstinence-only sexual education. Specifically, of those who responded in favour of abstinence-only sexual education, the youngest group of adolescents (11-13 years) and the male respondents were more likely to accept this type of education than the other groups. Poor knowledge of sexual education could be responsible for unwillingness to practice abstinence-only sexual education. Sexual education should, therefore, be introduced into the secondary school curriculum and taught by well-prepared teachers to enable an informed decision on practice.

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