scholarly journals Comprehensive sexuality education in Hong Kong: study protocol for process and outcome evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellie Bostwick Andres ◽  
Edmond Pui Hang Choi ◽  
Alice Wai Chi Fung ◽  
Kevin Wing Chung Lau ◽  
Neda Hei Tung Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Comprehensive School ◽  
Comprehensive Sexuality Education ◽  
School Based ◽  
Sexual Health Knowledge ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

Abstract Background Hong Kong lacks comprehensive school-based sexuality education. Recent public health concerns have brought the inadequacies of sex education in Hong Kong to the forefront. The aim of the proposed study is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive school-based sexuality education program in Hong Kong. Methods The proposed study is a prospective longitudinal study implemented in six secondary schools in Hong Kong over two academic years. The study adopts an ecological approach providing informational workshops for students, teachers and school management, social workers and guidance counsellors and parents. Study outcomes will be evaluated through pre- and post-tests. Results Key outcomes of interest among students include sexual health knowledge, awareness of values motivating healthy sexual decisions, understanding and efficacy of sexual communication and intention to use contraception. Among school employees and parents key outcomes include self-efficacy to engage in sexual health discussions with students/children, sexual health knowledge and awareness of Hong Kong community sexual health resources. Conclusions The proposed study will result in the development of a tested school-based culturally relevant comprehensive sexual health education program. Ultimately, this program aims to not only empower adolescents and their trusted adults in building a supportive environment for sexual health promotion but also construct a learning network to generate longitudinal evidence for the effectiveness of comprehensive sexuality education in improving sexual health outcomes. The program has the potential for expansion through widespread adoption in Hong Kong schools to benefit more adolescents and reduce the medical and societal burdens related to crisis pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and sexual abuse.

scholarly journals Effect of an iPad-Based Intervention to Improve Sexual Health Knowledge and Intentions for Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent Females at School-Based Health Centers

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (13) ◽  
pp. 1227-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika V. Mesheriakova ◽  
Kathleen P. Tebb
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancy ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
School Based ◽  
Effective Contraception ◽  
School Based Health Centers ◽  
Sexual Health Knowledge

Objectives: The use of effective contraception can decrease the incidence of unplanned pregnancy among adolescents. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of an iPad-based application (app) on improving adolescent girls’ sexual health knowledge and on its ability to influence their intentions to use effective contraception. Study Design: This was a prospective study of girls aged 12 to 18 years recruited from 3 school-based health centers in California. Results: A total of 120 racially/ethnically diverse participants used the iPad app; 54% were sexually active, with only 26% using effective contraception at baseline. The average score on baseline sexual health knowledge assessment was 58%. After using the app, 68% of the sexually active participants reported intention to use effective contraception in the future, and sexual health knowledge improved significantly to 79% ( P < .001). Conclusions: This iPad-based app is a promising intervention to educate adolescents about sexual health and support them in selecting an effective contraception method.

scholarly journals AB046. Sexuality 360@ School: an ecosystem approach to comprehensive sexuality education in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. AB046-AB046
Author(s):  
Neda Ng ◽  
Edmond Pui Hang Choi ◽  
Ellie Bostwick Andres ◽  
Alice Wai Chi Fung ◽  
Kevin Wing Chung Lau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Comprehensive Sexuality Education ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

Medical Student Sexual Health Knowledge Survey

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Warner ◽  
Samantha Carlson ◽  
Renee Crichlow ◽  
Michael W. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Survey ◽  
Sexual Health Knowledge

scholarly journals Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Broccatelli ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Lisa McDaid ◽  
Mark McCann ◽  
Sharon Anne Simpson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Feasibility Trial ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Intervention Delivery ◽  
School Based ◽  
Network Research

AbstractThere is growing interest in social network-based programmes to improve health, but rigorous methods using Social Network research to evaluate the process of these interventions is less well developed. Using data from the “STis And Sexual Health” (STASH) feasibility trial of a school-based, peer-led intervention on sexual health prevention, we illustrate how network data analysis results can address key components of process evaluations for complex interventions—implementation, mechanisms of impacts, and context. STASH trained students as Peer Supporters (PS) to diffuse sexual health messages though face-to-face interactions and online Facebook (FB) groups. We applied a Multilevel Exponential Random Graph modelling approach to analyse the interdependence between offline friendship relationships and online FB ties and how these different relationships align. Our results suggest that the creation of online FB communities mirrored offline adolescent groups, demonstrating fidelity of intervention delivery. Data on informal friendship networks related to student’s individual characteristics (i.e., demographics, sexual health knowledge and adherence to norms, which were included for STASH), contributed to an understanding of the social relational ‘building’ mechanisms that sustain tie-formation. This knowledge could assist the selection of opinion leaders, improving identification of influential peers situated in optimal network positions. This work provides a novel contribution to understanding how to integrate network research with the process evaluation of a network intervention.

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