Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, ValiAsr Ave., Cross of Niayesh Highway and ValiAsr, Tehran, 1996835119, Iran.
BMC Public Health. 2020 May 14;20(1):692. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08826-y.
Sex education is an important educational dimension. Together with families, teachers play a significant role in providing sex education to children. However, in most cases, they do not have enough information on this topic. The present study aimed to determine the effects of a preschool sex education program on preschool teachers' knowledge and attitude.
In this quasi-experimental study, 80 teachers working at preschools in Tehran, Iran, were randomly allocated to experimental and control groups. The educational program was provided in two 90-min sessions for the experimental group while the control group received no intervention. A self-designed knowledge and attitude questionnaire was completed by both groups before and 1 month after the intervention. This questionnaire evaluated knowledge and attitude in six domains of principles of sex education, sexual identity, stages of development and proper methods of sex education, sex-related questions, masturbation, and sexual abuse. Data were analysed in SPSS 18 using descriptive statistics as well as independent samples t-test, paired-samples t-test, chi-squared test, and ANCOVA at p < 0.05.
Mean scores of knowledge and attitude in all dimensions showed a significant increase in the experimental group following the educational intervention. However, no difference was observed in the control group. Following the educational intervention, mean scores of teachers' knowledge and attitude in all six domains showed a significant difference with that of the control group (p < 0.001).
Results revealed that the sex education program can promote the knowledge and attitude of preschool teachers in all domains.
Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials: IRCT2016122320854N5. Registered on 9 March 2017. "Retrospectively registered".
性教育是一个重要的教育维度。教师与家庭一起，在向儿童提供性教育方面发挥着重要作用。然而，在大多数情况下，他们在这个话题上没有足够的信息。本研究旨在确定学前性教育计划对学前教师知识和态度的影响。
在这项准实验研究中，80 名在伊朗德黑兰幼儿园工作的教师被随机分配到实验组和对照组。实验组接受了两节课共 90 分钟的教育课程，而对照组则没有接受干预。两组在干预前和干预后 1 个月都填写了一份自行设计的知识和态度问卷。该问卷评估了性教育原则、性身份、发展阶段和适当的性教育方法、与性相关的问题、自慰和性虐待等六个领域的知识和态度。数据使用 SPSS 18 进行分析，采用描述性统计、独立样本 t 检验、配对样本 t 检验、卡方检验和协方差分析，p<0.05 为差异有统计学意义。
实验组在接受教育干预后，所有维度的知识和态度得分均显著提高。然而，对照组没有观察到差异。在教育干预后，教师在所有六个领域的知识和态度得分均值与对照组相比存在显著差异（p<0.001）。
结果表明，性教育计划可以提高学前教师在所有领域的知识和态度。
伊朗临床试验注册中心：IRCT2016122320854N5。注册于 2017 年 3 月 9 日。“回顾性注册”。
