THE EFFECT OF SEX-EDUCATION ON ADOLESCENTS USE OF CONDOMS - APPLYING THE SOLOMON 4-GROUP DESIGN

Citation
Il. Kvalem et al., THE EFFECT OF SEX-EDUCATION ON ADOLESCENTS USE OF CONDOMS - APPLYING THE SOLOMON 4-GROUP DESIGN, Health education quarterly, 23(1), 1996, pp. 34-47
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
ISSN journal
01958402
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
34 - 47
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-8402(1996)23:1<34:TEOSOA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A school-based sex education program was developed in order to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. A Solomon fou r-group design with random assignment to the different conditions, was used to evaluate an intervention based on cognitive social learning t heory and social influence theory The main goal of the intervention wa s to increase use of condoms. A stratified sample of 124 classes (2,41 1 students) was drawn at random from all the upper secondary schools ( high schools/colleges) in one county in Norway. The results indicate a consistent interaction between pretest and intervention, which seems to have an effect on condom use. Pretest or intervention alone did not contribute to this effect. The interaction effect appeared among the students with few sexual partners. Several possible explanations to th e observed interaction effect and the implication for future intervent ions are discussed.