This study investigates whether college students improve their sexual knowledge, sexual education attitude, sexual education self-efficacy and sexual education communication behavior following a peer sexual education program. Fifty-one SHU-TE university of technology students were selected for training as peer educators (experimental). Meanwhile, 46 students with similar characteristics were selected as non-trained peers (control). Both the peer educators and non peer educators underwent pre-testing before the intervention. For two hours every week, for a total of eight weeks (included: sexual education role, gender role, relationship of heterogeneous , abortion and birth control, sexually transmitted disease, help skill) after post-testing, but the control group did not undergo a sexual education program. Multiple regression and paired t-test and ANCOVA were applied to analyze the effect. Conclusions drawn from the findings included: the experimental group demonstrated higher scores on sexual knowledge, sexual education attitude, sexual education self-efficacy and sexual education communication behavior; most students believed the curriculum were helpful, and felt the learning climate was very good.
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Recorded April 2007, Sydney, Australia
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