Ram Sharan, Andajani Sari, Mohammadnezhad Masoud
School of Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Public Health, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.
School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, Department of Public Health, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
J Environ Public Health. 2020 Jan 9;2020:3675684. doi: 10.1155/2020/3675684. eCollection 2020.
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) remains a challenge globally. This study aims to gauge the perceptions of parents towards the delivery of SRH education in mainstream public secondary schools in Fiji.
The qualitative study design was used to collect the data from parents in Suva, Fiji, from July to August 2018. A semistructured questionnaire was developed to run Focus Group Discussion (FGD) among parents residing in Suva who had school-attending children from years 11 to 13. Parents were recruited from five schools with the help of students. Twenty-six parents of which 10 were males, aged between 38 and 65, participated in this study. Consent was obtained from each participant prior to the data collection stage. Data collected were transcribed verbatim and were analyzed thematically. Ethical approvals were obtained before collecting the data.
Seven themes emerged which included the provision of school-based sex education, parental involvement with school-based sex education, sex education at home, age-appropriate incremental sex education, ethnic variations regarding sex education, barriers and facilitators for the delivery of school-based sex education, and perceived ideal version of sex education.
Findings from this study suggest for policy and programs to match parents, schools, and students' expectations. Effective interventions need to involve and help parents to take a more active part to change policy, program, and advocacy for relevant SRH education.
青少年性与生殖健康（SRH）在全球范围内仍是一项挑战。本研究旨在评估斐济主流公立中学家长对提供性与生殖健康教育的看法。
采用定性研究设计，于2018年7月至8月从斐济苏瓦的家长中收集数据。编制了一份半结构化问卷，以便在苏瓦有11至13岁在校子女的家长中开展焦点小组讨论（FGD）。在学生的帮助下，从五所学校招募家长。26名家长参与了本研究，其中10名男性，年龄在38至65岁之间。在数据收集阶段之前，获得了每位参与者的同意。收集到的数据逐字转录，并进行了主题分析。在收集数据之前获得了伦理批准。
出现了七个主题，包括提供基于学校的性教育、家长参与基于学校的性教育、家庭中的性教育、适合年龄的渐进性性教育、性教育的种族差异、提供基于学校的性教育的障碍和促进因素，以及性教育的理想版本。
本研究结果表明，政策和项目应符合家长、学校和学生的期望。有效的干预措施需要让家长参与并帮助他们更积极地参与改变政策、项目以及倡导相关的性与生殖健康教育。
