ERIC Number: EJ1143266
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jul
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
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Student Voices: Perspectives on Peer-to-Peer Sexual Health Education
Layzer, Carolyn; Rosapep, Lauren; Barr, Sherry
Journal of School Health, v87 n7 p513-523 Jul 2017
Background: This process study is a companion to a randomized evaluation of a school-based, peer-led comprehensive sexual health education program, Teen Prevention Education Program (Teen PEP), in which 11th- and 12th-grade students are trained by school health educators to conduct informative workshops with ninth-grade peers in schools in North Carolina. The process study was designed to understand youth participants' perspectives on the program in order to gain insight into program effectiveness. Methods: This is a mixed-methods study in 7 schools, with online surveys (N = 88) and 8 focus groups with peer educators (N = 116), end-of-program surveys (N = 1122), 8 focus groups with ninth-grade workshop participants (N = 89), and observations of the Teen PEP class and workshops during the semester of implementation in each school, 2012-2014. Results: Both peer educators and ninth graders perceived benefits of participating in Teen PEP across a range of domains, including intentions, skills, and knowledge and that the peer education modality was important in their valuation of the experience. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the peer-led comprehensive sexual health education approach embodied in Teen PEP can be an important educational mechanism for teaching students information and skills to promote sexual health.
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Health Education, Program Descriptions, Mixed Methods Research, Grade 9, Focus Groups, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Prevention, Workshops, Peer Teaching, Grade 11, Grade 12, High School Students, Online Surveys, Intention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools; Grade 11; Grade 12
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Language: English
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS), Office of Adolescent Health
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
Grant or Contract Numbers: TP2AH0000180100