The effectiveness of an online sexuality education module in promoting sexual knowledge and attitude change: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

This study assesses the ability of an online sexuality education (OSE) module ('You and Me') to enhance sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge and attitudes among 10th-grade vocational high school students in China. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial, randomizing 29 vocationa...

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Published in:Health Education Research Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 119 - 139
Main Authors: Chen, Minne, Zimmer, Catherine, Huang, Sizhe, Tian, Rui, Yang, Boya, Li, Meibao
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Apr2023
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          Chen, Minne
          Zimmer, Catherine
          Huang, Sizhe
          Tian, Rui
          Yang, Boya
          Li, Meibao
        affil: The Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , 155 Pauli Murray Hall, CB #3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210, USA
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          Outcomes of Education Evaluation
          Online Education
          Sex Education
          Sexual Health
          Reproductive Health
          Health Knowledge
          Attitude to Sexuality
          Vocational Education China
          Students, High School Psychosocial Factors
          Student Attitudes
          Human
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          China
          Random Assignment
          School Health Services
          Questionnaires
          Adolescence
          Female
          Male
          Descriptive Statistics
          Multivariate Statistics
          Funding Source
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: This study assesses the ability of an online sexuality education (OSE) module ('You and Me') to enhance sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge and attitudes among 10th-grade vocational high school students in China. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial, randomizing 29 vocational high schools to (i) receiving the module (intervention) or (ii) not receiving the module (control). Students completed a baseline questionnaire, then completed the module within 8 weeks and then completed a follow-up questionnaire within the following 2 weeks. We assessed the differences in intervention effects using hierarchical linear modeling. No significant differences between intervention and control groups were found for knowledge and attitude scores at baseline among the 2985 students included in the analyses. For the intervention group at follow-up, we observed significant improvements in SRH knowledge scores of approximately 20% for boys and girls although girls responded to the module with larger knowledge gains than boys. At follow-up, intervention group students also had higher SRH attitude scores toward views that are more contemporary than the control group. In addition, girls held more contemporary attitudes than boys. The comprehensive OSE module assessed is effective in improving SRH knowledge, and attitude among Chinese vocational high school students after the module is completed.
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