Psycho-educational program for high school females
<strong>Introduction:</strong> sex education provides knowledge, values and attitudes that both, men and women need to live with dignity and develop fully and happily. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to determine the usefulness of applying a psycho-educational program...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Medisur |
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| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1397 |
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| Summary: | <strong>Introduction:</strong> sex education provides knowledge, values and attitudes that both, men and women need to live with dignity and develop fully and happily. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to determine the usefulness of applying a psycho-educational program on female sexuality in high school. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a quasi-experimental study conducted between September 2007 and June 2008, based on a sample composed of 180 ninth grade females living in Cumanayagua's urban area. Variables analyzed: adolescents knowledge on sex-related risks, sexually transmitted infections and contraceptives. They were all analyzed before and after applying the psycho-educational program. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> after applying the psycho-educational program, knowledge standard on the right time to begin with sexual intercourses (18% to 71%), the risk of pregnancy at first sexual intercourse (37% to 75%) and the consequences of pregnancy and abortion in adolescence (from 57% to 71%) increased. Regarding STI's, there were also improvements (from 27% to 75%), and as to the ideal contraceptive the features raised from 0% to 92%. <br /><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The psycho-educational program proved to be effective in students and raised the knowledge standard on these fundamental aspects of sex education. |
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| ISSN: | 1727-897X |