Moodi Mitra, Zamanipour Nosrat, Sharifirad Golam-Reza, Shahnazi Hossein
Department of Public Health, School of Health, and Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2013 Oct 30;2:57. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.120851. eCollection 2013.
Puberty is one of the most critical periods in a female adolescents' life. This intervening study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational program for puberty health on improving intermediate and high school female students' knowledge in Birjand, Iran.
In this quasi-experimental study, 325 female intermediate and high school students were selected through randomized cluster sampling during several stages. Then, researcher-made questionnaire including 20 questions, each having one point regarding puberty health, was distributed. After completion of the questionnaires were gathered. Following this, under a systemic educational plan all intermediate and high school selected students were given the same instruction by trained instructors. Instruction time for each meeting was estimated 1.5 hours. One month after the educational program and handing out the pamphlets in schools, the previous questionnaires were again distributed among the students to fill out. At the end, 302 students who had filled out the questionnaires before and after intervention were studied.
Out of 302 students, 151 were intermediate and 151 high school students. Knowledge level among intermediate students was 5.03 ± 3.7 before intervention and was 10.8 ± 4.8 after intervention. Among high school students, the scores were 4.1 ± 2.3 and 8.7 ± 3.8, respectively. There was a significant difference between pre and post intervention stages in both groups (P < 0.001). Furthermore, mean knowledge grade in all the students increased from 4.6 ± 3.1 before intervention to 9.7 ± 4.4 after intervention (P < 0.001).
Performing educational programs during puberty has a crucial role in young girls' knowledge increase. Since young girls often do not share their problems with their parents and their peers during the period, instructional classes in schools provide a good opportunity for them to present their problems and finding solutions.
青春期是女性青少年生活中最关键的时期之一。这项干预性研究旨在评估青春期健康教育项目对提高伊朗比尔詹德初中和高中女生知识水平的效果。
在这项准实验研究中,通过多阶段随机整群抽样选取了325名初中和高中女生。然后,发放了由研究者编制的包含20个问题的问卷,每个问题关于青春期健康计1分。问卷填写完成后收回。在此之后,在一个系统的教育计划下,所有选定的初中和高中学生由经过培训的教师给予相同的指导。每次授课时间估计为1.5小时。在教育项目实施并在学校发放宣传册一个月后,再次向学生发放之前的问卷以供填写。最后,对302名在干预前后都填写了问卷的学生进行了研究。
在302名学生中,151名是初中生,151名是高中生。初中生干预前的知识水平为5.03±3.7,干预后为10.8±4.8。高中生的得分分别为4.1±2.3和8.7±3.8。两组干预前后阶段均有显著差异(P<0.001)。此外,所有学生的平均知识得分从干预前的4.6±3.1提高到干预后的9.7±4.4(P<0.001)。
在青春期开展教育项目对年轻女孩知识的增加起着至关重要的作用。由于年轻女孩在此期间通常不与父母和同龄人分享她们的问题,学校的指导课程为她们提供了一个提出问题并寻找解决方案的好机会。