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Lowrey, Kendal; Altman, Claire; Jungmeyer, Andra – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: Missouri Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) provides sexual health education programs to youth with goals of reducing unintended teen pregnancies. Theories of change provide that youth improve their sexual health knowledge, intentions, attitudes, and behaviors as a result of program implementation. Program evaluations are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Sex Education, Prevention
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Summer Odom; Ann Bianchi – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To implement a STI risk behavior reduction program to reduce sexual risk behaviors in university-aged students. Participants: Fifty-nine freshman from the university participated in the STI Risk Behavior Reduction program. Methods: Pre- and post-test design using descriptive statistics evaluated the STI Risk Behavior Reduction Program.…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Risk, College Freshmen, Sexuality
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Fatoba, Abiodun Folakemi; Angaama, Daniel; Ogunniyi, Meshach Bolaji – South African Journal of Education, 2022
The life orientation programme (LOP) was introduced to all schools in South Africa to help learners to, among others, take cognisance of their sexual lives. Before the programme was introduced in the 2006, many learners had become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The programme was introduced based on the perceptions that some…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Descriptions, Sexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
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Sturgill, Ronda; Martinasek, Mary; Manke, Laura – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Teen pregnancy continues to burden families, communities, and society. Programs continue to educate and impower youth and young adults to make positive behavioral decisions. Methods: We evaluated a program aimed at high-risk youth in after-school programs. The goal of the program was to instill a sense of community and empathy, as well…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Outreach Programs, Pregnancy, After School Programs
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Manjarres-Posada, Natalia Isabel; Benavides-Torres, Raquel A.; Pérez Baleón, Guadalupe Fabiola; Urrutia Soto, María Teresa; Onofre-Rodríguez, Dora Julia; Barbosa-Martínez, Rosalva del Carmen; Márquez-Vega, María Aracely – SAGE Open, 2022
Repeat adolescent pregnancy is a public health problem worldwide. Different interventions aimed at increasing the use of contraception and preventing repeat pregnancies have been implemented and their effectiveness has been evaluated. This systematic review evaluates the results of the efficacy of diverse interventions for contraceptive use and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pregnancy, Adolescents, Prevention
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King, Chris N.; Arthur, Rachel M.; Bennett, Jonathan R.; James, Wesley L.; Matthews, Karen C. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2021
The study evaluated safe sex attitudes and intentions from a comprehensive, peer-led sexual health program for teenage students enrolled in three rural colleges in Mississippi. The methods consisted of pretest and posttest survey items regarding attitudes and intentions toward safe sex from 149 participants and a peer educator focus group on…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Sex Education, Health Programs, College Students
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Cheryl A. Vamos; Joseph A. Puccio; Stacey B. Griner; Rachel G. Logan; Rumour Piepenbrink; Morgan Richardson Cayama; Sharonda M. Lovett; Helen Mahony; Ellen M. Daley – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To explore health literacy needs and preferences for a technology-based intervention (app) to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH) among college students. Participants: In Spring 2019, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 participants (10 male, 10 female) from a large, public university. Methods: Interview guide was…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sex Education, Health Education
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Ketting, Evert; Brockschmidt, Laura; Ivanova, Olena – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
The purposes of this paper are: to assess how comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is implemented in schools in the World Health Organisation's European Region; and to investigate the evidence supporting its effectiveness. Data were collected in 2016-2017, using a validated questionnaire sent to representatives of governmental and…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Program Implementation, Teaching Methods
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Samuel O'Keefe; Mihaja Raonivololona; Maia Ramarosandratana; Tahiry Anjarasoa; Laura Leeson – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2025
Little is known about the outcomes of in-school comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes two or more years after programme completion, particularly in low-income countries. "Projet Jeune Leader," a youth-founded Malagasy organisation, conducted a retrospective, qualitative evaluation of a CSE programme in Madagascar. The…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Outcomes of Education, Sexuality, Drug Use
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Mozingo, Shelby L.; Museck, Isabelle J.; Mitchell, Sara E.; Sherman, Emma C.; Claypool, Natalie A.; Gizzi, Katherine A.; King, Bruce M. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To determine whether university students are aware of the sexual health services offered by the student health center. Participants: 522 undergraduate students at a southeast public university. Methods: Students were given a list of 19 sexual health services and tests and were instructed that for each one to check "offered,"…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexuality, School Health Services
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Krystle McConnell; Sahra Ibrahimi; Martha Yumiseva; Salwa Shan; Amy Lewin – Prevention Science, 2025
This study evaluates El Camino, a goal-setting sexual health promotion program developed for Latino youth. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted in grades 9-12 in 68 classrooms (n = 746 students) across 11 schools in Maryland with large populations of Latino students. A total of 208 students were lost to follow-up, leaving 538…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Pregnancy, Pregnant Students, Adolescents
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Bonnevie, Erika; Lloyd, Tiffany D.; Rosenberg, Sarah D.; Williams, Kara; Goldbarg, Jaclyn; Smyser, Joe – Health Education Journal, 2021
Introduction: In Onondaga County, New York, around half of all births to Black and Hispanic teenage girls are unintended. The Layla's Got You campaign consists of a chatbot and social media campaign designed to increase contraception knowledge among 16- to 25-year-old Black and Hispanic women in Onondaga County. Methods: The campaign was…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Adolescents, Early Parenthood
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Yu, Bin; Wang, Yan; Chen, Xinguang – Prevention Science, 2022
A better understanding of the complex relationships between HIV knowledge, self-efficacy, perception of peer condom use, and condom-use intention is needed for improving HIV prevention among adolescents. The study analyzed survey data collected from high school students (N = 1970) in the Bahamas. Mediation and moderated mediation modeling analyses…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Contraception, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Knowledge Level
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LeCroy, Craig Winston; Milligan-LeCroy, Skyler; Lopez, Darlene – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a gender-specific intervention targeted to adolescent males to reduce sexual risks. Method: This study used a randomized clinical trial comparing a broad-based male empowerment curriculum with a no-treatment control group. The sample (N = 580) was recruited…
Descriptors: Males, Single Sex Classes, Sex Education, Risk
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Guo, Yuji; Diao, Jiuzhou; Liu, Tingting; Luo, Liyan; Zhang, Xiaoli; Li, Qing; Cui, Dongqing; Li, Rulong; Zheng, Xiaolei; Wang, Ping – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
Chinese universities have been conducting a variety of sexuality education programs, including a sexuality curriculum (SC) to increase sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge and improve sexual attitudes and practices among college students. However, little is known regarding the effect of SC on students' sexual attitudes and behaviors. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Program Effectiveness, Sexuality
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