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Educational Interventions for Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health in School Counselors: A Three-Arm, Randomized Control Trial Comparing Lecturing, Buzz Group and Role-Play Publisher



Alaviarjas F1 ; Firouzabadi M2 ; Farnam F3 ; Balvardi M4 ; Taheri M1 ; Riazi H1 ; Pourramezani N5 ; Keshavarz Z1
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  1. 1. Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Midwifery, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran
  3. 3. Reproductive Health, and Midwifery Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Nursing, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran

Source: Global Health Promotion Published:2024


Abstract

Background and objective: School-based sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education is often reported as being inadequate and/or inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate the educational interventions for promoting SRH in school counselors and compare the results in three groups: lecturing, buzz group and role-play. Materials and methods: An intervention quasi-experimental design was employed to evaluate the usefulness of educating SRH topics by using interactive teaching methods for 120 school counselors. Changes in the participants’ knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy toward SRH education were evaluated by each group using a pretest and a posttest. Results: The results of this study revealed that 75% of counselors deemed SRH training vital and felt that the best SRH educators are health care providers and the reason might be their lack of educational skills. They also stated that the most significant barriers to education in schools include concerns about parental feedback and lack of appropriate abilities. Conclusion: The present study showed that the use of all three methods (lecturing, buzz groups and role-play) in SRH training improves the level of knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy; although role-play could have been more effective than lecturing in improving counselors’ knowledge. © The Author(s) 2024.