Evaluation of a School-Based Sex Education Programme Delivered to Grade Nine Students in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Smylie, Lisa; Maticka-Tyndale, Eleanor; Boyd, Dana
Titel	Evaluation of a School-Based Sex Education Programme Delivered to Grade Nine Students in Canada
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 8 (2008) 1, S.25-46 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Contraception; Group Discussion; Intervention; Health Education; Sex Education; Pregnancy; Physiology; Parent Workshops; Anatomy; Foreign Countries; Program Effectiveness; Grade 9; Sexuality; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Community Organizations; Health Behavior; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empfängnisverhütung; Gruppendiskussion; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Schwangerschaft; Physiologie; Elternkurs; Anatomie; Ausland; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Sexualität; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Kanada
Abstract	The effectiveness of a multidimensional Canadian sex education programme was evaluated using 240 Grade Nine students. The intervention was offered by representatives from various community groups and involved instructional classes on anatomy/physiology of the reproductive system and sexually transmitted infections, a video and group discussion on healthy relationships, a form of "peer education" and discussion on teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS, as well as a parent workshop and newsletter on teen sexuality. Respondents in the intervention and control groups completed a self-administered questionnaire at baseline and one month after the programme. Compared with the control group, students in the intervention group showed positive changes in the areas of knowledge, sex-role attitudes, sexual interaction values, and the perception that birth control is important. These results suggest that a collaborative effort of outside professionals from various community organisations and involvement of "peer educators" to provide sexual health education in Grade Nine high school classes may be a useful strategy. (Contains 9 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10