Cultural Tailoring and Feasibility Assessment of a Sexual Health Middle School Curriculum: A Pilot Test in Puerto Rico

Autor/inn/en	Escobar-Chaves, Soledad Liliana; Shegog, Ross; Moscoso-Alvarez, Margarita R.; Markham, Christine; Tortolero-Luna, Guillermo; Peskin, Melissa; Tortolero, Susan
Titel	Cultural Tailoring and Feasibility Assessment of a Sexual Health Middle School Curriculum: A Pilot Test in Puerto Rico
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 81 (2011) 8, S.477-484 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00617.x
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Bilingual Students; Middle Schools; Nonverbal Communication; Prevention; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Pregnancy; Rating Scales; Sexuality; Health Behavior; Grade 7; Cultural Differences; Credibility; Health Education; Curriculum; Puerto Rico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Schwangerschaft; Rating-Skala; Sexualität; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Kultureller Unterschied; Glaubwürdigkeit; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan
Abstract	Background: To assess the need for cultural tailoring of an effective sexual health middle school curriculum, "It's Your Game: Keep It Real" (IYG), prior to implementation in Puerto Rican (PR) middle schools. Methods: Seventy-three seventh-grade bilingual students participated in IYG curriculum activities (both group-based and computer-based) in two 2-hour testing sessions in spring 2008. Rating scales of acceptability, understandability, credibility, ease of use, and motivational appeal and qualitative feedback via open-ended responses and group process provided insight into needed surface and deep structure cultural tailoring. Results: Students rated IYG highly on cultural tailoring and motivational parameters and were highly engaged by the lesson content. School personnel rated IYG as a feasible strategy for use in PR middle schools. While surface cultural elements (eg, characters, attire, body language) were identified as important foci for adaptation, content related to deeper cultural elements such as core behaviors, risky situations, attitudes, and specific skills were considered as relevant to PR youth as to their US counterparts. Conclusion: Effective human immunodeficiency virus, sexually transmitted disease, and pregnancy skills training prevention programs such as IYG that are developed for minority US youth may offer a feasible option for international implementation when extensive cultural adaptation is not a viable option. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10