Prevention of Chlamydia Infection With Theater in School Sex Education - a Randomized Controlled Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 826
- 主要终点
- - Knowledge of condom use and chlamydia. - Attitudes toward condom use. - Behavior relating to condom use.
研究概览
简要总结
The study evaluated if interactive theater in school sex education affects student knowledge, attitudes and behavior regarding condom use. The intervention group got a play, value exercises, chlamydia games, condom school and interactive replay with professional actors and staff from a youth guidance center. The control group got standard sex education from school staff, based on the education guidelines of the Swedish National Agency for Education.
详细描述
The spread of chlamydia indicates that current preventive work with condoms is insufficient. Research shows that reasons behind increased chlamydia include youths taking more sexual risks, due to altered attitudes and sexual behaviors. Since only condoms protect against both sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancy, the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) chlamydia prevention program is to increase condom use. Research suggests that school is the most important arena for sex education, reaching all youths early in life, when many values on sex and relationships are instilled. International studies on theater in sex education indicate effects like increased knowledge on the topic, and partially changed attitudes and behaviors among youths. Furthermore, several studies show that youths feel theater is a good method for sex education and a supplement to standard education.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 15 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •students in eighth grade
- •could read and understand Swedish
排除标准
- •students in special education.
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention group
The intervention SAFETY was performed in school facilities by professional actors and staff from the municipality's youth guidance center within the county. The actors first enacted a play portraying youths and problems with condom use. Next, a value exercise was held by the youth guidance center staff. The class continued with chlamydia games held by the youth guidance center staff, providing information on symptoms, protection, how to get tested, treatment and consequences. The youth guidance center staff and the actors, playing students, then held a condom school. Lastly, the students came up with new endings to the play. All replays were enacted and the students gave feedback on the new endings. The class ended with condoms being handed out.
干预措施: SAFETY (Behavioral)
Control group
The intervention in the control group contained standard education from school staff, based on the sex education guidelines of the Swedish National Agency for Education. Students got education on human sexuality, reproduction, menstruation, love, sex, pregnancy and how STIs and unwanted pregnancy are prevented.
干预措施: Standard education (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
- Knowledge of condom use and chlamydia. - Attitudes toward condom use. - Behavior relating to condom use.
时间窗: One month.
Web-based surveys contained questions about * knowledge of condom use and chlamydia (7 questions) * attitudes toward condom use (5 questions) * behavior relating to condom use (6 questions)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Annsofie Adolfsson
Associate Professor
Örebro University, Sweden