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Evaluation of a sexuality education program for young adolescents in Jamaica

dc.contributor.authorEggleston, Elizabethes_ES
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Jeanes_ES
dc.contributor.authorRountree, Wesleyes_ES
dc.contributor.authorPan, Zhiyinges_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-25T14:54:18Z
dc.date.available2015-08-25T14:54:18Z
dc.date.issued2000es_ES
dc.identifier.citationEggleston, Elizabeth,Jackson, Jean,Rountree, Wesley,Pan, Zhiying (2000) Evaluation of a sexuality education program for young adolescents in Jamaica. Rev Panam Salud Publica;7(2) -,feb. 2000. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892000000200006&lng=pt&nrm=isoes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892000000200006&lng=pt&nrm=isoes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8851
dc.format.extenttabes_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;7(2),feb. 2000es_ES
dc.subjectEducação Sexualpt_BR
dc.subjectAvaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectAdolescentees_ES
dc.subjectGravidez na Adolescênciaes_ES
dc.subjectJamaicaes_ES
dc.titleEvaluation of a sexuality education program for young adolescents in Jamaicaes_ES
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesDespite their increasing numbers, few of the sexuality education and pregnancy prevention programs in developing countries have been evaluated. This study, conducted in 1995-1997, assesses the impact of a school-based sexuality education program, the Grade 7 Project, on 945 Jamaican seventh graders (aged 11-14) and their initiation of sexual activity and use of contraception at first intercourse, as well as the knowledge and attitudes that ingluence their behaviors. Using a quasi-experimental design, the study measured the effects of the Grade 7 Project when the nine-month intervention was completed (short term) and one year after that (long term). Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that the project had no effect on initiation of sexual activity, but it had a positive short-term impact on use of contraception at first intercourse (P=.08); adolescents in the intervention group were more than twice as likely to use contraception. The project also had a positive short-term influence on several aspects of the adolescents' knowledge of and attitudes about sexuality and pregnancy. The modest impact of the Grade 7 Project is encouraging, as school-based sexuality education programs of limited duration rarely have a long-term impact. Moreover, competing socioeconomic and cultural forces in Jamaica encourage early sexuality and parenthood among adolescents. The use of more participatory teaching methods and smaller class sizes might strengthen the Grade 7 Project and enhance its impacten_US


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