Effectiveness of a sex education curriculum in seventh graders

YUAN Yuan; CHEN Minna; TANG Kun; SUN Xinying

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.07.014

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YUAN Yuan, CHEN Minna, TANG Kun, SUN Xinying. Effectiveness of a sex education curriculum in seventh graders[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2021, 42(7): 1020-1023, 1028. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.07.014

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YUAN Yuan, CHEN Minna, TANG Kun, SUN Xinying. Effectiveness of a sex education curriculum in seventh graders[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2021, 42(7): 1020-1023, 1028. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.07.014

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Effectiveness of a sex education curriculum in seventh graders

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2021.07.014

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Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing (100191), China

Received Date: 2021-02-10
Rev Recd Date: 2021-03-11

Available Online: 2021-07-23

Publish Date: 2021-07-25

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Objective To assess the effectiveness of sexual education intervention among seventh-grade students, and to provide support tools for sex education for middle school students. Methods Seventh-grade students from six schools in Longnan, Gansu Province were randomly assigned to an intervention group (251 students) and a control group (222 students). After 8 weeks of school-based sex education in the intervention group, the results were compared before and after the intervention using self-assessment knowledge and attitude scales. Results The knowledge score in the control group decreased by (2.46±1.21) in the follow-up survey compared to the baseline survey. The intervention group scored (30.54±1.34) significantly higher than baseline (t=22.76, P < 0.01). After adjusting the sex ratio to 1∶1, the mean difference between the two groups after the intervention was (27.86±1.87) (t=14.90, P < 0.01). The interaction dit between time and intervention was (33.01±2.50) (t=13.19, P < 0.01) in difference analysis. The intervention effect size Hedge's g on knowledge in the intervention group was 1.27. The proportion of positive attitudes towards sex increased in the intervention group on 12 out of 14 questions, with percentage ranging from 7.5% to 25.9%. At the follow-up, the improvement in attitudes towards 12 questions was substantial for girls and 8 questions for boys in the intervention group. The attitude effect size Hedge's g was 0.99 in the intervention group. Conclusion The implementation of school-based sex education is capable of significant improving students' sexual knowledge and attitude in the short term.
- Sex education,
- Curriculum,
- Intervention studies,
- Health promotion,
- Students

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