ERIC Number: EJ1177801
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-2332-3205
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Peer-to-Peer Education of College Females on Sexual Health
Skelly, C.; Hall, C.; Risher, C.; Brown, B.
Universal Journal of Educational Research, v6 n5 p844-847 2018
Objective: This study examined the sexual health knowledge of female undergraduate college students before and following a peer to peer, sexual health education intervention. Participants: Sixty-nine students participated in the study. Methods: Undergraduate female students from a central Florida private college completed paper-pencil questionnaires before and after a series of four peer-to-peer sexual health poster sessions. Results: Findings showed female undergraduate students had sexual health knowledge deficits prior to the intervention. Also, participant knowledge significantly increased pre- to post-test (p < 0.001). Conclusions: These results bring to light the continued sexual health knowledge deficits of undergraduate college students. Furthermore, the benefits of a peer-to-peer education programs on college campuses have the potential to increase undergraduate student's sexual health knowledge. Such programs may help students develop and maintain positive sexual health, including sexual self-efficacy, positive body image, and mutually respectful relationship development.
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Undergraduate Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Private Colleges, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Human Body, Self Concept, Health Education, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Peer Teaching, Knowledge Level, Sex Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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