Impact of a School-Based Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Program on the Knowledge and Attitude of High School Girls

Autor/inn/en	Ogunfowokan, Adesola A.; Fajemilehin, Reuben B.
Titel	Impact of a School-Based Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Program on the Knowledge and Attitude of High School Girls
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 28 (2012) 6, S.459-468 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840512446949
Schlagwörter	Females; Prevention; Public Health; Foreign Countries; Sexual Abuse; Comprehensive School Health Education; High School Students; Quasiexperimental Design; School Nurses; Sex Education; Knowledge Level; Attitude Change; Student Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Misconceptions; Social Attitudes; Violence; Adolescents; Young Adults; Secondary School Students; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Gesundheitswesen; Ausland; Sexueller Missbrauch; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Wissensbasis; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Schülerverhalten; Missverständnis; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Gewalt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Sexual abuse has been considered a public health issue because of the various health implications resulting from it. The school nurse has a responsibility in assisting the high school girl to prevent victimization. This study adopted a quasi-experimental design in which a sexual abuse prevention education package was developed and used to educate high school girls in a selected school in Nigeria. Evaluation of the impact of the package revealed a significant increase in the knowledge mean scores of the girls at first postintervention stage and this increase was maintained at second postintervention stage. No significant shift was observed for the attitude of the girls. Education is a significant tool that could be used in improving the knowledge of sexual abuse prevention among high school girls, but attitude supporting sexual abuse prevention can only be improved when myths of sexual abuse are corrected in the larger society. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10