Mitigating Adverse Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Through a Comprehensive Primary School Sexuality Education Program in South-Western Uganda
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Relationship Problems Specific to Childhood and Adolescence
- Sponsor
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology
- Enrollment
- 1100
- Primary Endpoint
- change in sexual health knowledge by 15% from baseline
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the effectiveness of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) among young adolescents (10-14 years) in schools. A total of 33 schools will participate in the trial with 15 intervention arm that will receive CSE education and 18 in the control arm, Intervention will go on for one year
Detailed Description
The International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (ITGSE) defines CSE as "an age-appropriate, culturally relevant approach to teaching about sexuality and relationships by providing scientifically accurate, realistic, non-judgmental information and CSE improves sexual and reproductive health outcomes of young people by delaying sexual debut, promoting condom use and increasing sexual health knowledge, however, most of these outcomes have been reported in older adolescents and there is limited evidence for effectiveness of CSE among young adolescents The study aims at improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health of young adolescents through CSE that is led by interdisciplinary university students' team in an environment where no consistent or regulated sexual and reproductive health education program currently exists
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •adolescent 10-14 years in primary school
- •Adolescent in primary 5 or 6 of education in Uganda
- •Written consent/assent to participate
Exclusion Criteria
- •Below 10 years or above 14 years at baseline
- •No consent obtained
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
change in sexual health knowledge by 15% from baseline
Time Frame: one year
change in sexual health knowledge(HIV, STI, contraception and puberty knowledge) using an itemized questionnaire developed for the study. The estimated knowlege score will be 25 . Individual items include on knowledge of puberty, HIV/STIs and pregnancy prevention. This includes knowledge on how HIV/AIDS can be acquired (score 0-4), types of common Sexually Transmitted Infections (score 0-4), knowledge of pubertal changes in boys (score 0-6.) and in girls (score 0-7), and knowledge about ways to prevent pregnancy (score 0-4)
Secondary Outcomes
- change in body image scores by 10% from baseline(one year)
- Change in proportion of sexually active adolescents by 10% from baseline(one year)
- Change in gender equitable norm scores by 10% from baseline(one year)
- change in self esteem scores by 10% from baseline(one year)