Sex education: the effect of a peer programme on pupils (aged 13-14 years) and their peer leaders

Phelps, F. A.; Mellanby, Alex; Crichton, Nicola; Tripp, J. H.

doi:10.1177/001789699405300202

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“…It is well recognized that knowledge alone is usually insufficient to bring about behaviour change (King & Wright, 1993;Kirby et al ., 1994). Preventative knowledge needs to be complemented by an enabling environment that includes a supportive attitude of peers and allows adolescents to make responsible choices about their lives (Kirby et al ., 1994;Phelps et al ., 1994).…”

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Adolescent reproductive health and awareness of HIV among rural high school students, North Western Ethiopia

2004

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Ethiopia is faced with an increasing problem from HIV infection, and the vulnerability of adolescents is a key concern. There is little information on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of this age group with respect to HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and preventive measures. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 260 students from two rural high schools in North Western Ethiopia. We found that although the general awareness of HIV was high, correct knowledge of the virus and its modes of transmission was shown in only 44% of adolescent boys and 41% of adolescent girls. Knowledge of HIV and condoms was lower among students whose parents were farmers, significant so among girls (p=0.02). Use of condoms among sexually active single male students (49%) was insufficient but was higher than among adolescents in many other African settings. Knowledge of STDs was generally low: 82% of adolescent males and 37% of adolescent females had some awareness of STDs. Almost 20% of sexually active males in the study had previously experienced an STD, almost all of whom had visited a commercial sex worker. Targeted interventions are warranted among adolescents and sex workers in Ethiopia complemented by STD treatment services.

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Adolescent reproductive health and awareness of HIV among rural high school students, North Western Ethiopia

2004

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“…Peer led sessions (adapted from Howard's programme, which showed postponement of first intercourse in the United States12) are delivered by slightly older and trained teenagers21 and include learning and practising assertive skills. We consider that including all these components has produced an effective and acceptable programme.…”

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School sex education: an experimental programme with educational and medical benefit

Mellanby

Phelps

Crichton

et al. 1995

BMJ

118

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Objectives-To develop and teach a school sex education programme that will lead to a decrease in sexual activity.Design-A matched internal and external control experiment, comparing control populations which received their own sex education programmes with populations which received a novel sex education intervention that included medical and peer led teaching.Setting-Comprehensive secondary schools; control and intervention populations within Devon, and distant controls from rural, semiurban, and urban areas of England excluding major conurbations.Subjects-Schoolchildren were taught from age 12 to 16; three successive cohorts of students were evaluated in school year 11 (mean age 16.0).Main outcome measures-Questionnaire conducted under "examination conditions" and invigilated by the research team and other trained medical staff. Results-In the intervention population, progressive increase in knowledge related to contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and prevalence of sexual activity (X2 (trend) P<0-001 for all three series); relative increase between intervention and control populations in knowledge, relative decrease in attitudes suggesting that sexual intercourse is of itself beneficial to teenagers and their relationships, relative decrease in sexual activity, and relative increase in approval of their "sex education" (relative risk > 1-00 with 95% confidence limits not including 1 00 for all series and for comparisons with both control populations); odds ratio (control v programme) for sexual activity of 1*45, controlling for sociodemographic variables.Conclusion-School sex education that includes specific targeted methods with the direct use of medical staff and peers can produce behavioural changes that lead to health benefit.

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“…Peer education programmes are also beneficial to the peer educators themselves [37][38][39][40][41] . Peer leaders are usually given special training which contributes to personal development and job skills 35,42 .…”

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Peer sexual health education

Sriranganathan

Jaworsky

Larkin

et al. 2010

Health Education Journal

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Peer education is used as a health promotion strategy in a number of areas, including sexual health. Although peer education programmes have been around for some time, published systematic evaluations of youth sexual health peer education programmes are rare. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of youth sexual health peer education programmes, the importance of programme evaluation, and strategies for developing effective programme evaluation tools. The value of conducting both process (programme delivery) and outcome (programme impact) evaluation is examined as well as methods for conducting these forms of assessment. Considering the wide range of peer education programmes and the diversity of communities served, the article concludes that the creation of a single evaluation method may be an impossible task. To address this challenge, principles for effective programme evaluation are proposed with tools that can be tailored to the unique goals of specific sexual health organizations.

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Sex education: the effect of a peer programme on pupils (aged 13-14 years) and their peer leaders

Cited by 39 publications

References 18 publications

Adolescent reproductive health and awareness of HIV among rural high school students, North Western Ethiopia

Adolescent reproductive health and awareness of HIV among rural high school students, North Western Ethiopia

School sex education: an experimental programme with educational and medical benefit

Peer sexual health education

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