Effective of Teaching Program on Integrated Sex Education and Life Skills Using Digital Media for Primary, Junior and High School Students

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a sex education program that applied an integrated sex education and life skills digital media for primary, junior and high school students. It was conducted through a pre- and post-teaching evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice among the samples who were students in 37 public schools in 23 provinces nationwide, under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. Altogether 1,804 students from primary, junior and high school participated in the study under the supervision of 84 teachers. The education tool was a digital media to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on sexeducation developed by Bureau of Reproductive Health, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, of which the contents included 1 manual and 15 cartoons plays (5 for each student level). The tool was pre-tested by 38 experts in 8 schools with 30 student each; and the assurance value (KR 20) was found to be 0.72, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.78 and 0.85, respectively. The researchers had conducted 3-day training of assistant teacher and teachers in charge; and assigned them to teach their student in class. It was found that after the teaching, students had significantly higher point average on knowledge, attitude and practice than before (p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference on the attitude of high school students. The satisfaction of digital media was at moderate level. In conclusion, the sex eduation tool should be widely promoted to achieve high level of knowledge, attitude and practice among young people in order to reduce the incidence of adolescent pregnancy in the country.