Testing a Risky Sex Behavior Intervention Pilot Website for Adolescents.

Randall Starling, D. Helme, Jessica A. Nodulman, A. Bryan, D. Buller, R. L. Donohew, W. Woodall
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Each year, teenagers account for about one-fifth of all unintended pregnancies in the United States. As such, delivering sexual risk reduction educational materials to teens in a timely fashion is of critical importance. Web-based delivery of these materials shows promise for reaching and persuading teens away from risky sexual and substance abuse behaviors. The purpose of this study was to pilot test a web-based program aimed at reducing risky sexual behavior and related outcomes among adolescents in a high school setting. METHODS A beta-test of the website was conducted in three public schools in New Mexico, USA with 173 students in 9th and 10th grades recruited from existing health education classes. Participants spent approximately three hours over a period of two days completing the online program in school computer labs. RESULTS Pretest to posttest results indicated that self-efficacy for condom use and condom use intentions, two theoretical mediators of changes in condom use behavior, were significantly changed. Adolescents also reported high satisfaction with the website content. CONCLUSION BReady4it provided an innovative sex and substance abuse education to teenagers that revealed promising positive changes in cognitive constructs that are inversely related to risky sexual behavior among users.
测试青少年危险性行为干预试点网站。
背景和目的在美国,每年青少年意外怀孕约占所有意外怀孕的五分之一。因此,及时向青少年提供降低性风险的教育材料是至关重要的。这些材料在网络上的传播显示了接触和说服青少年远离危险的性行为和药物滥用行为的希望。本研究的目的是对一个基于网络的项目进行试点测试,该项目旨在减少高中青少年的危险性行为及其相关后果。方法选取美国新墨西哥州3所公立学校现有健康教育班的9、10年级学生173名,对网站进行beta测试。参与者在两天的时间里花了大约三个小时在学校的计算机实验室完成在线课程。结果前测和后测结果显示,影响安全套使用行为变化的两个理论中介因素——安全套使用自我效能感和安全套使用意图发生了显著变化。青少年对网站内容的满意度也很高。结论bready4it为青少年提供了一种创新性的性和药物滥用教育,揭示了使用者与危险性行为负相关的认知结构有希望的积极变化。
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