The effects of the ‘Our Love, Our Control’ online program on sexual health literacy (SHL) and behaviors in preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among adolescents in agricultural areas during   COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand

Abstract

Background: This quasi-experimental study aimed to determine the effects of the ‘Our Love, Our Control’ online program on sexual health literacy and behaviors during the COVID-19 situation in Thailand from February 2020 to September 2021. Methods: Multistage sampling resulted in 37 and 34 participants in the experimental and control groups, respectively. Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Fisher’s exact test/Chi-square test, and independent t-test/Mann-Whitney test were used to determine differences in sociodemographic variables between the experimental and control groups. Repeated measures of ANCOVA were used to compare the mean and 95% confidence intervals of the adjusted variables. Results: From the results, adolescents who had sexual intercourse experience had statistically significant differences at the eighth week of score for behaviors (23.92; 95% CI: 16.56; 31.29), and at the eighth and at the twentieth week of score for sexual health literacy (43.55; 95% CI: 28.10; 59.00; and 19.35; 95% CI: 0.23; 38.48, respectively). However, adolescents who had no sexual intercourse experience had statistically significant differences only at the eighth week of score for sexual health literacy. (11.20; 95% CI: 3.79; 18.61). Conclusions: These findings present a useful practical program to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, especially in sexually active adolescents.

Enhancing Health Literacy Through “I Watch Sodium” Application among Prehypertension University Staff: A Quasi-experimental Study

“…The App consisted of eight icons for self-learning, as described in an Appendix, Table 1, and Figures 1-3. This App was tested on 30 adult workers, to which the question was applied from a previous study, 27 evaluating the App by five scale ratings (5 = strongly agree, 1 = strongly disagree). It comprises seven items as follows: 1) content that had been corrected, 2) content that was deemed appropriate, 3) content that was taken as understandable, 4) content that has been updated, 5) content that has an appropriate duration, 6) content and media were interesting, and 7) the application must be easy to use.…”

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Health Literacy: A Community-Based Preventive Program

“…Recent studies show that health literacy interventions to prevent STIs promote better program adherence and confidence 8 and improve knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy to management risk behavior. 7 , 9 …”

“…Recent studies show that health literacy interventions to prevent STIs promote better program adherence and confidence 8 and improve knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy to management risk behavior. 7,9 This study aimed to: (i) describe the development and implementation of a community-based preventive program for the prevention of STIs and promotion of HL for patients using an STI counseling and detection consultation in a primary health care unit in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA); (ii) describe and characterize the interventions implemented for the patients using in STI's counseling and detection consultation, namely the health education session and the provision of the educational poster, within the program.…”