Peer sexual health education

Sriranganathan, Gobika; Jaworsky, Denise; Larkin, June; Flicker, Sarah; Campbell, Lisa; Flynn, Susan; Janssen, Jesse; Erlich, Leah

doi:10.1177/0017896910386266

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“…Other SRH literature shows adolescents have responded favorably to peer-to-peer sexual health education interventions (Layzer et al, 2017 ; Mellanby et al, 2001 ). Advantages of peer education SRH interventions include adolescents perceive that information from peers is credible and trustworthy (vs. information from adults may be received with mistrust or be seen as preaching) and peer-led interventions may lead to improved outcomes for the peer educators themselves (Sriranganathan et al, 2012 ).…”

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Using Human-Centered Design Strategies to Identify Unmet Adolescent Sexual Health Wants and Needs

2023

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This paper describes a human-centered design approach to investigate unmet adolescent sexual health wants and needs among youth of color in low-income and rural communities in Texas, North Carolina, and Connecticut (n = 149). The approach involved gathering qualitative data through in-depth interviews and other human-centered design activities between April 2016 and August 2016. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis after each round of data collection. Themes were triangulated across multiple data sources to identify key insights. Results highlighted several important unmet wants and needs. Participants shared that schools were not the preferred place to learn about sexual health and healthy relationships, due to uncomfortable and sometimes even hostile environments. When discussing the potential to use internet- and technology-based sexual health resources, participants expressed concerns over privacy, safety, and credibility of information available. Similarly, participants preferred mobile apps over websites due to the privacy of the experience. Most importantly, key emotions impacting adolescents’ access to and use of sexual health resources were identified. Results indicated a preference for consuming story-based information in a text message format that described diverse experiences related to sexual health topics. Together, these findings led to the development of an innovative, mobile health intervention for adolescents, the Real Talk mobile app. This human-centered approach can support researchers and practitioners in strengthening intervention development efforts to improve the reach, adoption, and implementation of sexual health interventions.

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Using Human-Centered Design Strategies to Identify Unmet Adolescent Sexual Health Wants and Needs

2023

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“…Peer education and peer support are normally distinguished from each other on the basis of different aims, emphasis, and traditions. Peer education has been defined as a process of education and information sharing occurring between individuals from the same age group or from similar social backgrounds (Milburn, 1995;Sriranganathan et al, 2010). Various theoretical perspectives have been offered to justify peer education; Turner and Shepherd (1999) listed Social Learning Theory, Social Inoculation Theory, Role Theory, Differential Association Theory, subculture theories, and Communication of Innovations Theory.…”

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Developing a Typology for Peer Education and Peer Support Delivered by Prisoners

South

Bagnall

Woodall

2017

Journal of Correctional Health Care

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Peer interventions delivered for prisoners by prisoners offer a means to improve health and reduce risk factors for this population. The variety of peer programs poses challenges for synthesizing evidence. This article presents a typology developed as part of a systematic review of peer interventions in prison settings. Peer interventions are grouped into four modes: peer education, peer support, peer mentoring, and bridging roles, with the addition of a number of specific interventions identified through the review process. The article discusses the different modes of peer delivery with reference to a wider health promotion literature on the value of social influence and support. In conclusion, the typology offers a framework for developing the evidence base across a diverse field of practice in correctional health care.

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“…Peer education is a health promotion approach in which community members are supported to promote healthy changes among their peers [6]. It is the teaching or sharing of health knowledge, values, and behaviors while educating others with similar social backgrounds or life experiences [7,8].…”

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Effect of peer health education intervention on HIV/AIDS knowledge amongst in-school adolescents in secondary schools in Imo State, Nigeria

Ezelote,

Osuoji,

Mbachu

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BMC Public Health

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Background Peer education is an approach to health promotion in which community members are supported to promote health-enhancing change among their peers. The study assessed the effect of peer health education on HIV/AIDS knowledge amongst in-school adolescents in secondary schools in Imo State. Methods This was an intervention study carried out among 296 and 287 in-school adolescents aged 15 to 19 years attending Akwakuma Girls Secondary School and Federal Government Girls College Owerri Imo State respectively. The study was in three stages: before intervention, intervention, and after intervention. The impact of peer education was evaluated twelve weeks after intervention. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires. The study utilized a quasi-experimental study design. The chi-square test and McNemar’s test were used to test the hypothesis with a significance level of p ≤ 0.05. Results The result from the study revealed that the majority (73%) of the respondents at Akwakuma Girls Secondary School (test group) had poor knowledge of HIV/AIDS mode of transmission and prevention at baseline. The overall good knowledge of respondents in the test group improved from 27 to 81% after the intervention. 36% of the respondents in the control group had good knowledge at baseline, the knowledge of 64% of them with poor knowledge at baseline were compared post-test to those in the test group who also had poor knowledge at baseline. The knowledge of only 27.7% of those in the control group increased post-test while the remaining 72.3% still had poor knowledge. The result of the inter-school comparison using Chi-square revealed that the p-value was statistically significant. Intra-school comparison using McNemar’s test revealed a statistical significance for all questions in the test group, while none was positively significant in the control group. Conclusions Peer health education improved the knowledge of the students at Akwakuma Girls Secondary School which was very low at the baseline. The knowledge of the students in the control group with poor knowledge at baseline didn’t increase post-study. Peer health education should be strengthened and expanded as one of the tools for behavior change among adolescents. There should be more focus on adolescents for HIV-targeted prevention.

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Peer sexual health education

Cited by 37 publications

References 36 publications

Using Human-Centered Design Strategies to Identify Unmet Adolescent Sexual Health Wants and Needs

Using Human-Centered Design Strategies to Identify Unmet Adolescent Sexual Health Wants and Needs

Developing a Typology for Peer Education and Peer Support Delivered by Prisoners

Effect of peer health education intervention on HIV/AIDS knowledge amongst in-school adolescents in secondary schools in Imo State, Nigeria

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