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Saftner, Melissa A.; Pruitt, Kelsey S.; McRee, Annie-Laurie – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Communication with sexual partners about protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is associated with safer sexual behaviors among general populations of youth, but little is known about partner communication among American Indian youth. We assessed the prevalence of adolescents' communication with sexual partners about STI…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior
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Salau, Omowumi R.; Ogunfowokan, Adesola A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2019
We examined information on pubertal changes provided by school nurses to adolescent girls, the methods, and media of communication. We also examined the challenges faced by the nurses in the course of communication. The study setting was five private high schools located in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Participants were 10 school nurses and 420 school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Puberty, School Nurses, Adolescents
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Kwon, Eunji; Kang, Myungsuk; Kim, Heejung – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
The purposes of this study were to compare the use of contraception by monocultural and multicultural adolescents and identify the multidimensional factors in an ecological model. This study was cross-sectional design with a secondary data analysis using national data from the 2018 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey, including 3,031 participants (81…
Descriptors: Contraception, Adolescents, Sexuality, Health Behavior
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Smith, Sharla; Platt, Joey M.; Clifford, Daniel; Preston, Michael; Satterwhite, Catherine; Kelly, Patricia J.; Ramaswamy, Megha – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
School nurses are often sources of health-care support for teens with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies. However, providing prevention (e.g., condoms) and teaching technical skills (e.g., condom use) needed to reduce high-risk sexual behavior may require a change in perceptions and policies. This study used a…
Descriptors: Contraception, School Nurses, Prevention, Pregnancy
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Jerlström, Charlotta; Adolfsson, Annsofie – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
The aim of the study was to evaluate if an intervention including theater in school sex education affects students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding condom use in Sweden. The study was a cluster randomized controlled trial. The intervention group got a play, value exercises, chlamydia games, condom school, and interactive replay with…
Descriptors: Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Intervention, Sexuality
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Gabzdyl, Elizabeth Mary – Journal of School Nursing, 2010
The United States has one of the highest unintended pregnancy rates of all industrialized nations in the world, with 13% of those occurring among the adolescent population. In 2005, the adolescent birthrate in the United States was 40.5 per 1,000 women and increased 3% in 2006 (Martin et al., 2009). Unintended pregnancy and motherhood can have a…
Descriptors: Contraception, School Nurses, Pregnancy, Adolescents