ERIC Number: EJ1159594
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1554-6128
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Sexual Health Transformation among College Student Educators in an Arts-Based HIV Prevention Intervention: A Qualitative Cross-Site Analysis
Dunlap, Shannon L.; Taboada, Arianna; Merino, Yesenia; Heitfeld, Suzanne; Gordon, Robert J.; Gere, David; Lightfoot, Alexandra F.
American Journal of Sexuality Education, v12 n3 p215-236 2017
We examined the sexual health change process experienced by 26 college student sexual health educators from three geographic regions of the United States who participated in a multisite arts-based sexual health prevention program. We conducted eight focus groups and used a phenomenological approach to analyze data. We drew from social cognitive theory (SCT) to examine how sexual health knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and communication shifted across the duration of participation. Findings suggest that the college student sexual health educators (a) developed enhanced sexual health awareness and critical consciousness, (b) questioned their own sexual health education and challenged previous beliefs, and (c) demonstrated self-efficacy related to intended behavior change and their perceived role as social justice advocates. We present both similarities and differences regarding the sexual health change process among the college student sexual health educators across the three sites.
Descriptors: Health Education, Sex Education, Prevention, Health Promotion, Focus Groups, Phenomenology, Social Theories, Social Cognition, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Interpersonal Communication, College Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), High School Students, Peer Teaching, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Grounded Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: P30AI50410; UL1TR000124