This document summarizes a study on sexual health concepts, myths, and facts among adolescents in Meerut, India. The study used an educational intervention approach involving 57 students to explore their knowledge of reproduction, puberty, and contraception. It found that students' knowledge improved in some areas like the fertile period after the intervention. However, it also found that many myths remained like the link between masturbation and impotence. The study concludes that comprehensive sexual health education is needed in schools to provide adolescents with correct information to make informed decisions.
A Study on Assessment of Knowledge of Reproductive Health Education among the...AnuragSingh1049
Adolescence is a life’s essential transition phase starting around 10, 11 or 12 years and concludes between the age of 18-21 years. Deficiency of reproductive health information and sexual experimentations in this stage of storm and stress expose adolescents to grave health pressure. Adolescents must have access to logical Reproductive Health information to increase healthy attitude towards Reproductive Health issues. The aim of writing this paper was to assess the the knowledge of adolescent students studying in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state towards Reproductive Health Education and to be familiar with reproductive health issues among adolescents. The present study was carried out on 400 Adolescent Higher Secondary School students of Jammu region using a well designed pre-tested questionnaire. The results of our study showed that students had constructive attitude towards Reproductive Health Education as majority (boys = 86.0%, girls=84.5%) of respondents recommended Reproductive Health Education in school curriculum. Further, 40.0% boys and 35.5% girl respondents were of the opinion that lecture by expert is a preferred method of imparting Reproductive Health Education, 32.0% boys and 28.5% girl students under study favored to communicate with Doctors/Health Workers followed by parents brothers/sisters (23.0%) in case of girls and friends (23.5%) in case of boys concerning Reproductive Health issues. Further, the study revealed that girl students (51.5%) favored to get married under 24 years as they were of the belief that it is the prime of life, and can give birth without much troubles whereas majority of boys understudy (65.5%) told that they prefer to get married above 24 years as they desire to complete education first and find a appropriate job in order to feed family unit. Majority of the respondents (58.5%) believed that youth living in urban areas possesses more knowledge about reproductive health than youth living in rural areas. Further, majority of the students possesses good knowledge about HIV/AIDS and STDs. It is concluded from our study that there is a requirement of providing proper scientific information to teenagers concerning reproductive health by incorporating Reproductive Health Education in school syllabus and lectures by experts in order to advance their awareness and consequently reproductive health condition.
The adolescent stage is a period of turmoil marked with enormous vibrancy, discovery, innovation and hope and also the time when many of them initiate sexual relationships and involvement. This can be a challenging time for young people who are becoming aware of their sexual and reproductive rights and needs, and who rely on their families, peers, schools, media and health service providers for affirmation, advice, information and the skills to navigate is sometimes a difficult transition to adulthood. The subject on sex has been surrounded by mystery and beclouded by dark silence as neither parents nor teachers are ready to discuss it with teenagers despite unplanned pregnancies, dropping out of school by students, Sexually Transmitted Infections among teenagers. The study investigated influence of teen contraceptive use) on academic achievement among public secondary school students in Bungoma South Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory postulated in 1986. A descriptive research design was used with target population of 3774 Form 3 students. A sample of 400 students was selected using, Miller, L.R. & Brewer, J.D. (2003) mathematical formula and stratified randomly from 52 schools and conveniently selected equally between boys and girls. Data was collected using structured interview schedule and questionnaire and analyzed descriptively. Results highlights most students were aware about contraceptive use with females slightly more than males and media was the major source of information on contraceptive use while parents/guardians had no significant contribution since teenagers rarely receive their first information on sexual matters from their parents. More than half of the sexually active students used contraceptives though it still interfered with their academic performance. This paper points at sex education curriculum in schools, setting up reproductive health institutions for the youth and distribution of contraceptives among teenagers which has a bearing on students’ performance.
Putting Children First: Session 3.1.C Mokhantso Makoae - Young adolescents se...The Impact Initiative
Putting Children First: Identifying solutions and taking action to tackle poverty and inequality in Africa.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-25 October 2017
This three-day international conference aimed to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Africa, and in inspiring action towards change. The conference offered a platform for bridging divides across sectors, disciplines and policy, practice and research.
A Study on Assessment of Knowledge of Reproductive Health Education among the...AnuragSingh1049
Adolescence is a life’s essential transition phase starting around 10, 11 or 12 years and concludes between the age of 18-21 years. Deficiency of reproductive health information and sexual experimentations in this stage of storm and stress expose adolescents to grave health pressure. Adolescents must have access to logical Reproductive Health information to increase healthy attitude towards Reproductive Health issues. The aim of writing this paper was to assess the the knowledge of adolescent students studying in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state towards Reproductive Health Education and to be familiar with reproductive health issues among adolescents. The present study was carried out on 400 Adolescent Higher Secondary School students of Jammu region using a well designed pre-tested questionnaire. The results of our study showed that students had constructive attitude towards Reproductive Health Education as majority (boys = 86.0%, girls=84.5%) of respondents recommended Reproductive Health Education in school curriculum. Further, 40.0% boys and 35.5% girl respondents were of the opinion that lecture by expert is a preferred method of imparting Reproductive Health Education, 32.0% boys and 28.5% girl students under study favored to communicate with Doctors/Health Workers followed by parents brothers/sisters (23.0%) in case of girls and friends (23.5%) in case of boys concerning Reproductive Health issues. Further, the study revealed that girl students (51.5%) favored to get married under 24 years as they were of the belief that it is the prime of life, and can give birth without much troubles whereas majority of boys understudy (65.5%) told that they prefer to get married above 24 years as they desire to complete education first and find a appropriate job in order to feed family unit. Majority of the respondents (58.5%) believed that youth living in urban areas possesses more knowledge about reproductive health than youth living in rural areas. Further, majority of the students possesses good knowledge about HIV/AIDS and STDs. It is concluded from our study that there is a requirement of providing proper scientific information to teenagers concerning reproductive health by incorporating Reproductive Health Education in school syllabus and lectures by experts in order to advance their awareness and consequently reproductive health condition.
The adolescent stage is a period of turmoil marked with enormous vibrancy, discovery, innovation and hope and also the time when many of them initiate sexual relationships and involvement. This can be a challenging time for young people who are becoming aware of their sexual and reproductive rights and needs, and who rely on their families, peers, schools, media and health service providers for affirmation, advice, information and the skills to navigate is sometimes a difficult transition to adulthood. The subject on sex has been surrounded by mystery and beclouded by dark silence as neither parents nor teachers are ready to discuss it with teenagers despite unplanned pregnancies, dropping out of school by students, Sexually Transmitted Infections among teenagers. The study investigated influence of teen contraceptive use) on academic achievement among public secondary school students in Bungoma South Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory postulated in 1986. A descriptive research design was used with target population of 3774 Form 3 students. A sample of 400 students was selected using, Miller, L.R. & Brewer, J.D. (2003) mathematical formula and stratified randomly from 52 schools and conveniently selected equally between boys and girls. Data was collected using structured interview schedule and questionnaire and analyzed descriptively. Results highlights most students were aware about contraceptive use with females slightly more than males and media was the major source of information on contraceptive use while parents/guardians had no significant contribution since teenagers rarely receive their first information on sexual matters from their parents. More than half of the sexually active students used contraceptives though it still interfered with their academic performance. This paper points at sex education curriculum in schools, setting up reproductive health institutions for the youth and distribution of contraceptives among teenagers which has a bearing on students’ performance.
Putting Children First: Session 3.1.C Mokhantso Makoae - Young adolescents se...The Impact Initiative
Putting Children First: Identifying solutions and taking action to tackle poverty and inequality in Africa.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-25 October 2017
This three-day international conference aimed to engage policy makers, practitioners and researchers in identifying solutions for fighting child poverty and inequality in Africa, and in inspiring action towards change. The conference offered a platform for bridging divides across sectors, disciplines and policy, practice and research.
The negative impacts of adolescent sexuality problems among secondary school ...lukeman Joseph Ade shittu
This study was conducted to focus on the negative health outcomes related to sexual behaviour in adolescents and young adults attending public school in the Oworonshoki region of Lagos, Nigeria, Africa. Since, there is a relative dearth of knowledge on adolescents who face unique and challenging economics, health and education problems in our society. Data on the socio-demographic characteristics, prevalence and knowledge towards STD including HIV/AIDS, prevalence of sexual abuse practice/sexual behaviour, family planning awareness and acceptance including abortion practice were sorted out using self structured questionnaires and administered to 60% of student’s population using a stratified random sampling technique. 55.8% lived with both parents. While, 50.3% of the mothers had basic secondary school qualifications, 72.4% of them are traders. 61.5% had sex education were from misinformed friends/peers while 51% had no basic knowledge about sexual behavioral practice and attitude towards STDs/AIDS (HIV). STD has a prevalence of 34 and 41% of boys used condoms for preventing STI/HIV transmission and unwanted pregnancies. One out of every five sexually active teenagers has experienced forced sex, especially among the circumcised girls who were more sexually active than the uncircumcised girls. 60% of girls between ages of 12 and 18 years had more than one unsafe abortion with severe vaginal bleeding (haemorrhage) as the chief complication. However, 65% of the girls did abortion for fear of leaving school and financial hardship as the reasons.
A group of adolescents of standard IX was selected. The average age of the students was 14 to 15 years including 50% each of male and female sex. Then pre-test was conducted to test the knowledge regarding adolescence changes before pretest the selected adolescence group was taken in to confidence and they were given introduction of the subject to be tested. Then the test was conducted and evaluated. it was found that the adolescence students have very less knowledge about puberty, secondary sexual characters, behavioral changes menarche , menstrual cycle and wet dreams in their body of both male and female adolescence. It was observed that adolescence stage needed right scientific knowledge of about inadequate. As per the results obtained in the pretest it was found that, average score of the selected group was 8.6 and for pretest and post-test it was 18.2 respectively. Whereas, the selected group was given right scientific knowledge of puberty, secondary sexual characters, behavioral changes menarche, menstrual cycle and wet dreams in details using charts, clips, lecture and power point presentation. the students were also allowed to ask doubts and questions they had in their mind. There after a post test of same questionnaire was conducted and students answer paper was evaluated and analyzed to formulate the data score it was found that the results of post test score were 18.2 and it was obviously improved 2.5 times as compare to the pretest hence it was concluded that the standard IX students of age group 14 to 15 from rural semi urban and urban India perform very well as compare to the pretest., and the evaluation data is 49.5 %. Hence the impact of adolescence education was very necessary and important for the teenagers.
Adolescence is the most vulnerable period to reproductive health problems.
These problems include early pregnancy, unsafe abortion, sexually
infections transmitted (STIs) including the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), sexual abuse. Access for sexuality education and reproductive health
services to comprehensive and youth-friendly was limited. This study aims
to determine the effectiveness of peer educators and guidance and
counselling teachers in adolescent reproductive health level of knowledge.
This is a quantitative study with a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control
group design with treatment groups using peer educators and teacher as
control groups. The sample size was 70 respondents. Data was collected by
questionnaire that already had validity and reliability test. Data analysis used
univariate, t-test and logistic regression. The results of this study showed
that the provision of information was more effective through guidance
conselling teachers (p=0.000, exp B=14.5). This study recommends that
improve adolescents’ reproductive knowledge need to optimize the role of
guidance and counseling teachers in providing information.
A Study on the Attitude of Tribal Woman towards Re Productive Healthijtsrd
Reproductive health covers all matters relating to the reproductive system, at all stages of life. Good reproductive health for women begins in childhood and the teen years. Things such as nutrition, environment, education, income level, and cultural practices influence your reproductive health. Good reproductive health benefits the health and well being of our family. It can improve the social and economic situation of you and our family. And most importantly, it can help make sure that every infant is wanted, loved and has a chance to grow up healthy. The present study concludes that 1 4th 59 of the respondents attitude are neutral, 21percent of the respondent’s attitude are positive, and 19percent of the respondent attitude is negative towards sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Agnes Febiola. X | Saranya. S "A Study on the Attitude of Tribal Woman towards Re-Productive Health" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-2 , April 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd56237.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/medicine/other/56237/a-study-on-the-attitude-of-tribal-woman-towards-reproductive-health/dr-agnes-febiola-x
In Africa, the concept of Guidance and Counseling although relatively new in educational systems, has been embraced by most governments. Although most African countries recognize the essential role of organized Guidance and Counseling Programmes, there are limited researches studies conducted to assess the effectiveness of the programmed services being implemented to improve the student’s decision making processes that lead to improved future benefits. Research is yet to identify gender specific strategies to positive psychosexual development in boys and girls that can promote safe reproductive health. A wide spread ignorance on the subject of sex is due to the fact that the subject has been surrounded with mystery and beclouded by dark silence. The result has increased curiosity and desire to acquire more knowledge on this forbidden subject; yet, the people entrusted with the responsibility of educating the adolescents on the subject have not made appropriate information readily available. The study investigated effectiveness of guidance and counselling programmes on academic achievement among public secondary school students in Bungoma South Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory postulated in 1986. A descriptive research design was used with target population of 52 guiding and counselling teachers. A sample of 16 participants was selected using, using 30% of Mugenda and Mugenda (2003) and randomly selected from 52 schools. Data was collected using structured interview schedule and questionnaire and analyzed descriptively. Results highlights teacher counselling and peer counselling were the most effective strategies in guidance and counselling as compared to students suspension and corporal punishment. More than half of guidance and counselling teachers asserted that schools had inadequate policy and manual procedures and code of ethics and regulation governing sexual behaviour. This paper points at need of guidance and counselling departments to develop policies and manual procedures on sex and relationship education that acts as a reference point to all members of the school. In addition, the Government should set up reproductive health institutions for the youth, promote peer counseling, talks by health providers in schools which has a bearing on students’ performance.
A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Sex Educ...ijtsrd
Adolescent age group is a very susceptible group. These children are in phase of transformation from children to adulthood. Most adolescence manages this transformation but many of them are indulged in behaviors like sexual experimentation, exploration and promiscuity, and through which lands in the problem of unmarried motherhood, abortions, STDs HIV infection, sexual abuse. India has the largest population of adolescents in the world about 243 million , among them 69.5 getting married before 20 years of age, about 2.47 cases of HIV infected persons in the country and with sexually transmitted diseases. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on education in selected Nursing College of Dehradun in Uttarakhand.The quantitative evaluative research approach was used. Setting Himalayan College of Nursing, Jolly grant, Dehradun, Sample consecutive sample of 44 General Nursing and Midwifery GNM students. Tool self structure questionnaire to assess the knowledge regarding sex education was prepared. Intervention planned teaching programme on sex education.The finding of the study revealed that post test knowledge score is significantly higher than pre test knowledge score. The different between pre test and post test shows difference at the level of p 0.005. There was no significant association between pre test knowledge score and demographic variables. Rajesh Singh | Anjali Gupta | Deepika Badola | Poonam Chauhan | Anupriya Bisht | Upma George "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Sex Education among GNM First Year Students in a Selected College of Nursing in Dehradun Uttarakhand" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47494.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/47494/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-planned-teaching-programme-on-sex-education-among-gnm-first-year-students-in-a-selected-college-of-nursing-in-dehradun-uttarakhand/rajesh-singh
The cards also contain recommendations for inclusion of SRHR in the post-2015 development framework. The briefing cards were developed by partners in the Universal Access Project, which aims to bolster the U.S. government’s support for international reproductive health and family planning. However, the cards are not specific to a U.S. policy context so their content will be useful for a wide range of advocates as we move toward intergovernmental negotiations and continue to make the case with governments about the importance of ensuring the comprehensive inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights within the post-2015 development framework.
Quality sexual health education (SHE) provides students with the knowledge and skills to help them be healthy and avoid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and unintended pregnancy.
A SHE curriculum includes medically accurate, developmentally appropriate, and culturally relevant content and skills that target key behavioral outcomes and promote healthy sexual development.
The curriculum is age-appropriate and planned across grade levels to provide information about health risk behaviors and experiences.
Sexual health education should be consistent with scientific research and best practices; reflect the diversity of student experiences and identities; and align with school, family, and community priorities.
Literature Evaluation TableStudent Name Summary of Clinic.docxcarliotwaycave
Literature Evaluation Table
Student Name:
Summary of Clinical Issue (200-250 words):
The number of HIV- positive adults has become an increasing the issue due to the increasing the number of patients. According to the UNICEF,1.8 million adolescents are living with HIV worldwide, and more 1.5 million number of cases lives in Africa. More Analysis of this number revealed HIV-positive adolescents girls accounted for two-thirds of new adolescents’ infection. Young adults between the age of 15-19 made up 16% of new adult infections worldwide.in Africa, adolescents’ girls are the most prone adolescents to be infected with the virus.as compared to boys, adolescent girls were twice as likely to get HIV.
Th main mode of infection among adolescents is unprotected sex.in Africa,85% of all new infection were as a result of having unprotected sex.Adolescents don’t use contraception they don’t have enough knowledge about the sex how to do healthy sex and protect their self from the infection due how people going to judge them and specially in Africa because people still follow the other culture you should not have sex in certain age because they follow the strict the culture preference. The financial and technological status of the countries specially in the poor and Asian courtiers is responsible for the HIV in the adolescents. The lack of the proper technology in the health care institution is responsible for the making gap between the planning, treatment, and distribution of antiviral drugs difficult.in Africa there is lack of the budget due to the poor management purchase and distribution of the antiretroviral drugs leaving HIV positive adolescents to the drugs themselves. Also, the poor living standards of low income of adults lead them to resort using sex for the daily earning. The poor financial conditions of most regions in Africa need to be addressed to cater to medical gaps and to enhance the provision of antiretroviral drug among infected youth. This paper analysis six articles to find out the HIV perception, social support and protection, and medical gaps which exists in adolescents over the last decade.
PICOT Question: How do adolescents diagnosed with HIV perceive social support, promotion, and medical gaps during the decade?
Criteria
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
APA-Formatted Article Citation with Permalink
Okawa, S., Mwanza-Kabaghe, S., Mwiya, M., Kikuchi, K., Jimba, M., Kankasa, C., & Ishikawa, N. (2017). Adolescents’ experiences and their suggestions for HIV serostatus Disclosure in Zambia: a Mixed-Methods study. Frontiers in public health, 5, 326 Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5736526/
Bloch, S., (2018). HIV in Ukraine: An Everlasting Epidemic? Assessment of knowledge, behaviour change, tolerance towards people living with HIV, and accessibility of healthcare services for HIV among adolescent girls and young women in Ukraine. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/her/article/14/4/473/693716
.
“Condoms are not a family planning Method”: Why efforts to prevent HIV have failed to comprehensively address adolescent sexual and reproductive health
The negative impacts of adolescent sexuality problems among secondary school ...lukeman Joseph Ade shittu
This study was conducted to focus on the negative health outcomes related to sexual behaviour in adolescents and young adults attending public school in the Oworonshoki region of Lagos, Nigeria, Africa. Since, there is a relative dearth of knowledge on adolescents who face unique and challenging economics, health and education problems in our society. Data on the socio-demographic characteristics, prevalence and knowledge towards STD including HIV/AIDS, prevalence of sexual abuse practice/sexual behaviour, family planning awareness and acceptance including abortion practice were sorted out using self structured questionnaires and administered to 60% of student’s population using a stratified random sampling technique. 55.8% lived with both parents. While, 50.3% of the mothers had basic secondary school qualifications, 72.4% of them are traders. 61.5% had sex education were from misinformed friends/peers while 51% had no basic knowledge about sexual behavioral practice and attitude towards STDs/AIDS (HIV). STD has a prevalence of 34 and 41% of boys used condoms for preventing STI/HIV transmission and unwanted pregnancies. One out of every five sexually active teenagers has experienced forced sex, especially among the circumcised girls who were more sexually active than the uncircumcised girls. 60% of girls between ages of 12 and 18 years had more than one unsafe abortion with severe vaginal bleeding (haemorrhage) as the chief complication. However, 65% of the girls did abortion for fear of leaving school and financial hardship as the reasons.
A group of adolescents of standard IX was selected. The average age of the students was 14 to 15 years including 50% each of male and female sex. Then pre-test was conducted to test the knowledge regarding adolescence changes before pretest the selected adolescence group was taken in to confidence and they were given introduction of the subject to be tested. Then the test was conducted and evaluated. it was found that the adolescence students have very less knowledge about puberty, secondary sexual characters, behavioral changes menarche , menstrual cycle and wet dreams in their body of both male and female adolescence. It was observed that adolescence stage needed right scientific knowledge of about inadequate. As per the results obtained in the pretest it was found that, average score of the selected group was 8.6 and for pretest and post-test it was 18.2 respectively. Whereas, the selected group was given right scientific knowledge of puberty, secondary sexual characters, behavioral changes menarche, menstrual cycle and wet dreams in details using charts, clips, lecture and power point presentation. the students were also allowed to ask doubts and questions they had in their mind. There after a post test of same questionnaire was conducted and students answer paper was evaluated and analyzed to formulate the data score it was found that the results of post test score were 18.2 and it was obviously improved 2.5 times as compare to the pretest hence it was concluded that the standard IX students of age group 14 to 15 from rural semi urban and urban India perform very well as compare to the pretest., and the evaluation data is 49.5 %. Hence the impact of adolescence education was very necessary and important for the teenagers.
Adolescence is the most vulnerable period to reproductive health problems.
These problems include early pregnancy, unsafe abortion, sexually
infections transmitted (STIs) including the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), sexual abuse. Access for sexuality education and reproductive health
services to comprehensive and youth-friendly was limited. This study aims
to determine the effectiveness of peer educators and guidance and
counselling teachers in adolescent reproductive health level of knowledge.
This is a quantitative study with a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control
group design with treatment groups using peer educators and teacher as
control groups. The sample size was 70 respondents. Data was collected by
questionnaire that already had validity and reliability test. Data analysis used
univariate, t-test and logistic regression. The results of this study showed
that the provision of information was more effective through guidance
conselling teachers (p=0.000, exp B=14.5). This study recommends that
improve adolescents’ reproductive knowledge need to optimize the role of
guidance and counseling teachers in providing information.
A Study on the Attitude of Tribal Woman towards Re Productive Healthijtsrd
Reproductive health covers all matters relating to the reproductive system, at all stages of life. Good reproductive health for women begins in childhood and the teen years. Things such as nutrition, environment, education, income level, and cultural practices influence your reproductive health. Good reproductive health benefits the health and well being of our family. It can improve the social and economic situation of you and our family. And most importantly, it can help make sure that every infant is wanted, loved and has a chance to grow up healthy. The present study concludes that 1 4th 59 of the respondents attitude are neutral, 21percent of the respondent’s attitude are positive, and 19percent of the respondent attitude is negative towards sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Agnes Febiola. X | Saranya. S "A Study on the Attitude of Tribal Woman towards Re-Productive Health" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-2 , April 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd56237.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/medicine/other/56237/a-study-on-the-attitude-of-tribal-woman-towards-reproductive-health/dr-agnes-febiola-x
In Africa, the concept of Guidance and Counseling although relatively new in educational systems, has been embraced by most governments. Although most African countries recognize the essential role of organized Guidance and Counseling Programmes, there are limited researches studies conducted to assess the effectiveness of the programmed services being implemented to improve the student’s decision making processes that lead to improved future benefits. Research is yet to identify gender specific strategies to positive psychosexual development in boys and girls that can promote safe reproductive health. A wide spread ignorance on the subject of sex is due to the fact that the subject has been surrounded with mystery and beclouded by dark silence. The result has increased curiosity and desire to acquire more knowledge on this forbidden subject; yet, the people entrusted with the responsibility of educating the adolescents on the subject have not made appropriate information readily available. The study investigated effectiveness of guidance and counselling programmes on academic achievement among public secondary school students in Bungoma South Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory postulated in 1986. A descriptive research design was used with target population of 52 guiding and counselling teachers. A sample of 16 participants was selected using, using 30% of Mugenda and Mugenda (2003) and randomly selected from 52 schools. Data was collected using structured interview schedule and questionnaire and analyzed descriptively. Results highlights teacher counselling and peer counselling were the most effective strategies in guidance and counselling as compared to students suspension and corporal punishment. More than half of guidance and counselling teachers asserted that schools had inadequate policy and manual procedures and code of ethics and regulation governing sexual behaviour. This paper points at need of guidance and counselling departments to develop policies and manual procedures on sex and relationship education that acts as a reference point to all members of the school. In addition, the Government should set up reproductive health institutions for the youth, promote peer counseling, talks by health providers in schools which has a bearing on students’ performance.
A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Sex Educ...ijtsrd
Adolescent age group is a very susceptible group. These children are in phase of transformation from children to adulthood. Most adolescence manages this transformation but many of them are indulged in behaviors like sexual experimentation, exploration and promiscuity, and through which lands in the problem of unmarried motherhood, abortions, STDs HIV infection, sexual abuse. India has the largest population of adolescents in the world about 243 million , among them 69.5 getting married before 20 years of age, about 2.47 cases of HIV infected persons in the country and with sexually transmitted diseases. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on education in selected Nursing College of Dehradun in Uttarakhand.The quantitative evaluative research approach was used. Setting Himalayan College of Nursing, Jolly grant, Dehradun, Sample consecutive sample of 44 General Nursing and Midwifery GNM students. Tool self structure questionnaire to assess the knowledge regarding sex education was prepared. Intervention planned teaching programme on sex education.The finding of the study revealed that post test knowledge score is significantly higher than pre test knowledge score. The different between pre test and post test shows difference at the level of p 0.005. There was no significant association between pre test knowledge score and demographic variables. Rajesh Singh | Anjali Gupta | Deepika Badola | Poonam Chauhan | Anupriya Bisht | Upma George "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Sex Education among GNM First Year Students in a Selected College of Nursing in Dehradun Uttarakhand" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47494.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/47494/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-planned-teaching-programme-on-sex-education-among-gnm-first-year-students-in-a-selected-college-of-nursing-in-dehradun-uttarakhand/rajesh-singh
The cards also contain recommendations for inclusion of SRHR in the post-2015 development framework. The briefing cards were developed by partners in the Universal Access Project, which aims to bolster the U.S. government’s support for international reproductive health and family planning. However, the cards are not specific to a U.S. policy context so their content will be useful for a wide range of advocates as we move toward intergovernmental negotiations and continue to make the case with governments about the importance of ensuring the comprehensive inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights within the post-2015 development framework.
Quality sexual health education (SHE) provides students with the knowledge and skills to help them be healthy and avoid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and unintended pregnancy.
A SHE curriculum includes medically accurate, developmentally appropriate, and culturally relevant content and skills that target key behavioral outcomes and promote healthy sexual development.
The curriculum is age-appropriate and planned across grade levels to provide information about health risk behaviors and experiences.
Sexual health education should be consistent with scientific research and best practices; reflect the diversity of student experiences and identities; and align with school, family, and community priorities.
Literature Evaluation TableStudent Name Summary of Clinic.docxcarliotwaycave
Literature Evaluation Table
Student Name:
Summary of Clinical Issue (200-250 words):
The number of HIV- positive adults has become an increasing the issue due to the increasing the number of patients. According to the UNICEF,1.8 million adolescents are living with HIV worldwide, and more 1.5 million number of cases lives in Africa. More Analysis of this number revealed HIV-positive adolescents girls accounted for two-thirds of new adolescents’ infection. Young adults between the age of 15-19 made up 16% of new adult infections worldwide.in Africa, adolescents’ girls are the most prone adolescents to be infected with the virus.as compared to boys, adolescent girls were twice as likely to get HIV.
Th main mode of infection among adolescents is unprotected sex.in Africa,85% of all new infection were as a result of having unprotected sex.Adolescents don’t use contraception they don’t have enough knowledge about the sex how to do healthy sex and protect their self from the infection due how people going to judge them and specially in Africa because people still follow the other culture you should not have sex in certain age because they follow the strict the culture preference. The financial and technological status of the countries specially in the poor and Asian courtiers is responsible for the HIV in the adolescents. The lack of the proper technology in the health care institution is responsible for the making gap between the planning, treatment, and distribution of antiviral drugs difficult.in Africa there is lack of the budget due to the poor management purchase and distribution of the antiretroviral drugs leaving HIV positive adolescents to the drugs themselves. Also, the poor living standards of low income of adults lead them to resort using sex for the daily earning. The poor financial conditions of most regions in Africa need to be addressed to cater to medical gaps and to enhance the provision of antiretroviral drug among infected youth. This paper analysis six articles to find out the HIV perception, social support and protection, and medical gaps which exists in adolescents over the last decade.
PICOT Question: How do adolescents diagnosed with HIV perceive social support, promotion, and medical gaps during the decade?
Criteria
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
APA-Formatted Article Citation with Permalink
Okawa, S., Mwanza-Kabaghe, S., Mwiya, M., Kikuchi, K., Jimba, M., Kankasa, C., & Ishikawa, N. (2017). Adolescents’ experiences and their suggestions for HIV serostatus Disclosure in Zambia: a Mixed-Methods study. Frontiers in public health, 5, 326 Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5736526/
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1. Sexual Concepts Predicament among
Adolescents in Meerut:
Myths And Facts Via Education Intervention Approach
Authors: Anuradha Dave, Kaynat Nasser, Nitesh, Sanjev Davey
Oral Presentation
Online International Conference on Research Methodology
(28th -30th Oct 2023)
Presenter: Prof Dr Sanjev Dave
Assoc Prof Community Medicine
Autonomous State Medical College, Hardoi(UP)
2. Introduction & Rationale:-
• ADOLESCENTS IN AGE OF OPPORTUNITY- likely to experiment & engage in risky
behaviors.
• Health during adolescence --- critical for reaching maximum development
potential, maintaining well-being throughout life, and reducing the risk of
infections and diseases.[1]
• Adolescent health and well-being- important drivers of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).[2]
• Risky behaviours among adolescents, such as unprotected sexual activities, are a
major public health problem.
• According to the literature, the majority of teenagers in Africa and Europe engage
in sexual activity between the ages of 12 and 19, with the majority of them making
their sexual debut by the age of 16 [3,4].
• Therefore Sex education should treat sexual development as a normal, natural
part of human development.
• Thus seeing this situation there is a need to create an awareness amongst the
adolescence about the reproductive and sexual health.
• So it becomes imperative to provide sex education throughout a student’s grade
levels, with information and content appropriate and acceptable cultural
background.
3. Objectives of study:
• To explore the knowledge and perception
about reproduction concept, and
• to explore taboo and myths related to
-sexual development,
-masturbation,
-menstruation and
-contraceptive methods.
4. Material and Methods:
• Study Design: Quasi Experimental Study,
• Sampling: from the selected sections, all students were
included by complete enumeration technique,
• Total sample size: 57.
• Data Collection Tool: pre validated and pretested
questionnaire data pre and post was collected
concerning various aspects of sexual health and myths.
• Educational intervention through large group
discussion with expert on the topic followed by
problem solving approach in the group discussion
about positive sexuality and healthy sexual practices.
• Post educational data was collected after one week.
5. Results:
• (51.85%) of male and (53.33%) of female students tell about
reproductive cell i.e. sperm and ovum.
• 2/3rd male students were aware of pornographic material
available.
• The most important source for their correct knowledge on
reproduction concept [33.33% vs 36.67%] as well as for
puberty change [48.15% vs 50.00%] in male and female
students was their teacher.
• 33% female students could correctly tell us that women can
be pregnant if had sexual contact in her middle of the
menstrual cycle which improved to female (70%) students
[Female: Z proportion2.87 P<0.5].
• 62.9% male students and half of the female students
mentioned that masturbation leads to impotency in male.
6. Discussion
• Various literature from time to time have suggested that adolescents during this period
likely to experiment and engage in various types of risky behaviours that have the
potential to influence the quality of health.
• In our study most of students gained their knowledge about sexual health from their
teachers followed by the peer groups, books, and internet. Various studies across the
globe emulated similar findings.(5)
• On a contrary various studies by Kotecha et al and Francics et al suggested that mass
media and books were the major source of information about reproductive health in
young population.(6,7)
• Probing further only 50% of the participants were aware of the reproductive concept
about the reproductive cells namely sperm and ova. This is far away from the figures of
a study conducted by Deepanjali et al in Nagpur where were around 80% secondary
school students were able to correctly tell about the reproductive cells.(10)
• This underlies the importance of incorporating reproductive and sexual in school
curriculum.
7. Discussion
• In 2009 adolescents comprised of 18% (1.2 billion) of
world's population, with 88% living in developing countries.
• With 243 million, India has the largest share for adolescents
population; 50% population living in urban areas.
• Comprehensive sexual health education covers a range of
topics on facts and myths related to puberty and
reproduction, contraception and condoms, relationships,
menstrual hygiene, body image, gender identity and sexual
orientation
• so that life skill building could be enhanced to make
informed decisions regarding sex and their sexual health.
8. Conclusions
• Adolescents experience significant changes in mental
development, sexual development, and physical growth.
• Many adolescent experiment new Sexual experiences with
incomplete or incorrect knowledge which may prove them
dangerous behaviours.
• Therefore, it has become imperative as need of changing
time to provide correct reproductive health for correct
reproductive behaviour.
• There is also a need to include sexual health in school
curriculum and Anganwadi centres can be the place to deal
with the queries pertaining to adolescent reproductive and
sexual health.
9. References
1. Viner RM, Allen NB, Patton GC: Puberty, Developmental Processes, and
Health Interventions. In: Bundy DAP, Silva Nd, Horton S, et al., editors.
Child and AdolescentHealth and Development. 3rd edition. Washington
(DC), The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The
World Bank (ed): 2017. 8 of 9 20-9. 10.1596/978-1-4648-0423-6_ch9
2. George A, Jacobs T, Ved R: et alAdolescent health in the Sustainable
Development Goal era: are we aligned for multisectoral action?. BMJ
Global Health. 2021, 6:004448
3. Ki-moon B: Sustainability-engaging future generations now . Lancet Lond
Engl. 2016, 11:2356-8.
4. Fetene N, Mekonnen W: The prevalence of risky sexual behaviors among
youth center reproductive health clinics users and non-users in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2018,
7:0198657.
![Introduction & Rationale:-
• ADOLESCENTS IN AGE OF OPPORTUNITY- likely to experiment & engage in risky
behaviors.
• Health during adolescence --- critical for reaching maximum development
potential, maintaining well-being throughout life, and reducing the risk of
infections and diseases.[1]
• Adolescent health and well-being- important drivers of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).[2]
• Risky behaviours among adolescents, such as unprotected sexual activities, are a
major public health problem.
• According to the literature, the majority of teenagers in Africa and Europe engage
in sexual activity between the ages of 12 and 19, with the majority of them making
their sexual debut by the age of 16 [3,4].
• Therefore Sex education should treat sexual development as a normal, natural
part of human development.
• Thus seeing this situation there is a need to create an awareness amongst the
adolescence about the reproductive and sexual health.
• So it becomes imperative to provide sex education throughout a student’s grade
levels, with information and content appropriate and acceptable cultural
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