ERIC Number: EJ1167727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Development of "Long Live Love+," a School-Based Online Sexual Health Programme for Young Adults. An Intervention Mapping Approach
Mevissen, Fraukje E. F.; van Empelen, Pepijn; Watzeels, Anita; van Duin, Gee; Meijer, Suzanne; van Lieshout, Sanne; Kok, Gerjo
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v18 n1 p47-73 2018
This paper describes the development of a Dutch online programme called "Long Live Love+" focusing on positive, coercion-free relationships, contraception use, and the prevention of STIs, using the Intervention Mapping (IM) approach. All six steps of the approach were followed. Step 1 confirmed the need for a sexual health programme targeting young people aged 15 and over enrolled in higher level secondary education. Step 2 resulted in the production of a series of matrices-of-changes, including detailed programme objectives at the behavioural and the psycho-social level. Step 3 involved the selection of relevant methods and applications. Step 4 consisted of programme development, resulting in a sexual health programme with online and offline components, and including interactive exercises. Step 5 focused on adoption and implementation and included the production of a detailed teacher manual. Step 6 involved detailed planning for the process and effect evaluation and included interviews with teachers and focus group discussions with students to evaluate their experiences of the programme. The inclusion of a linkage group--and especially the inclusion of teachers in the development of the programme--turned out to be essential in terms of developing a programme in line with their context and needs.
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Development, Program Descriptions, Sexuality, Contraception, Sex Education, Health Education, Secondary School Students, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Focus Groups, Student Attitudes, Teaching Guides, Foreign Countries, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Interpersonal Relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual Harassment, Program Evaluation, Online Courses
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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