Vocational school students’ self‐evaluations of a sexual health promotion intervention

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 857-867
Author(s):  
Marja Pakarinen ◽  
Jari Kylmä ◽  
Mika Helminen ◽  
Tarja Suominen
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Developing a Sexual Health Promotion Intervention With Young Men in Prisons: A Rights-Based Participatory Approach (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Templeton ◽  
Carmel Kelly ◽  
Maria Lohan
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Incarcerated Men ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND The sexual health of young men in prisons is often among the poorest in any given country. They may have developed sexual behaviors that, from a public health perspective, are considered problematic and burdensome. These include poorer use of condoms and engaging in more frequent casual sex, resulting in higher rates of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and viral hepatitis. Thus, young incarcerated men are a highly marginalized and socially excluded high-risk group, in greater need of sexual health education and services. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to create an innovative sexual health promotion intervention, made for and with young men in prisons, to encourage them to avail of regular sexual health checkups. This included developing a Web-based animated-style sexual health promotion intervention (1.42 min) coupled with upskilling the prison nurses to offer a partnership approach to prison health care. This paper focuses on the development of the intervention and the importance of the underpinning rights-based (RB) participatory intervention design. METHODS We employed an RB participatory approach and recruited 14 participants who attended 3 coproduction workshops held within a prison site in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. A bespoke 3-day training for nurses beforehand, ensured they gained a deeper understanding of the determinants of poor sexual health. The coproduction team comprised young men, prison nurses, nurse sexual health consultant, media company representatives, and facilitator. Workshops focused on content, design, tone and medium of communication for a Web-based intervention that would be appealing and engaging for young incarcerated men. RESULTS A 1.42-min animation Dick loves Doot was created to promote a positive attitude toward sexual health checkups. The RB approach enabled the young men to participate, have their voices heard and see their stories reflected through the animation. The nurses’ capacities to protect, fulfill, and respect the young men’s rights to appropriate sexual health services and education was also enhanced. Evaluations confirmed that we successfully provided accurate sexual health information in a way that was engaging and accessible and that encouraged the young men to avail of the new prison sexual health services that were set up in the prison and now provided by nurses. CONCLUSIONS The RB participatory approach to health advanced in this study provided a means to (1) gain invaluable insider knowledge to understand the impact of structural determinants on health and health inequalities and strategies by which to target young incarcerated men (2) create inclusive opportunities for developing bespoke targeted interventions, and (3) galvanize collaborative partnerships to disrupt the structures and processes that lead to and encourage health inequities. To reduce future risk, effective treatment, coupled with coproduced interventions that transmit relevant health messages in a relevant and meaningful way, is key to success.

Mediation Analysis of an Effective Sexual Health Promotion Intervention for Spanish Adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1850-1859 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Escribano ◽  
J. P. Espada ◽  
A. Morales ◽  
M. Orgilés
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention

Planning a Sexual Health Promotion Intervention With Homeless Adolescents

2002 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Rew ◽  
Kathryn B. Chambers ◽  
Shanti Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
Homeless Adolescents

scholarly journals It Starts With Me: Privacy concerns and stigma in the evaluation of a Facebook health promotion intervention

Sexual Health ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 228 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Charles Witzel ◽  
Andy Guise ◽  
Will Nutland ◽  
Adam Bourne
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
Privacy Concerns

Background As efforts continue to increase rates of HIV testing and condom use among at-risk communities in England, organisations have sought use social media for health promotion interventions. As part of a wider evaluation of It Starts With Me (ISWM), a sexual health promotion intervention in England targeting gay and bisexual men and African people through Facebook, this study sought to explore how the online environment shapes end user engagement with sexual health interventions. A primary objective was to explore how privacy concerns can act as a barrier to engagement for the audience of ISWM. Methods: A purposive sample of 40 individuals were recruited, who were targeted by the intervention for in-depth interviews. Data collection was in two phases. In the first phase, individuals were sampled based on engagement with online health interventions in general, while in the second phase, all individuals were sampled on the basis of engagement with the intervention. Results: Privacy concerns related to the ecology of social networking sites, issues with implied disclosure and discrimination, as well as uncertainty over control of data. These concerns limited the organic reach of the intervention by confining the intervention to those who already held the norms diffused through it, and by discouraging participants from sharing and commenting on content. Conclusions: Care should be taken to address concerns when designing interventions delivered through social media. Gated interventions may be more beneficial for marginalised communities, while large-scale interventions such as ISWM may provide a useful backdrop for face-to-face interventions.

Gay Poz Sex: A Sexual Health Promotion Intervention for HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor A. Hart ◽  
Amy C. Willis ◽  
Scott H. Simpson ◽  
Rick E. Julien ◽  
David Hoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Gay And Bisexual Men ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
And Bisexual

A health promotion intervention strengthening Swedish high school students' wellbeing: A feasibility study

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 288-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisbeth Kristiansen ◽  
Annika Karlström ◽  
Malin Rising Holmstrom ◽  
Niklas Boman ◽  
Cathrin Jonsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals A Bespoke Sexual Health Promotion Intervention for People with Serious Mental Illness in Community Mental Health Services in the UK Compared with Treatment as Usual: the RESPECT Feasibility Randomised Controlled trial

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Hughes ◽  
Natasha Mitchell ◽  
Samantha Gascoyne ◽  
Thirimon Byrne ◽  
Amanda Edmondson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
Randomised Controlled

Abstract BackgroundPeople with serious mental illness (SMI) have sexual health needs but there is little evidence to inform effective interventions to address them. In fact, there are few studies that have addressed this topic for people with SMI outside USA and Brazil. Therefore, the aim of the study was to establish the acceptability and feasibility of a trial of a sexual health promotion intervention for people with SMI in the UK.MethodThe RESPECT study was a two-armed randomised controlled, open feasibility study comparing Sexual health promotion intervention (3 individual sessions of 1 hour) (I) or usual care (UC) for adults aged 18 or over, with SMI, within community mental health services in four UK cities. The main outcome of interest was the percentage who consented to participate, and retained in each arm of the trial, retention for the intervention, and completeness of data collection. A nested qualitative study obtained the views of participants regarding the acceptability of the study using individual telephone interviews conducted by lived experience researchers. ResultsOf a target sample of 100, a total of 72 people were enrolled in the trial over 12 months. Recruitment in the initial months was low and so an extension was granted. However this extension meant that the later recruited participants would only be followed up to the 3 month point. There was good retention in the intervention and the study as a whole; 77.8% of those allocated to intervention (n=28) received it. At three months, 81.9% (30 I; 29 UC) and at 6 months, 76.3% (13 I and 16 UC) completed the follow-up interviews. No adverse events were reported. There was good completeness of the data. The sexual health outcomes for the intervention group changed in favour of the intervention. Based on analysis of the qualitative interviews, the methods of recruitment, the quality of the participant information, the data collection, and the intervention were deemed to be acceptable to the participants (n=22). ConclusionsThe target of 100 participants was not achieved within the study’s timescale. However, effective strategies were identified that improved recruitment in the final few months. Retention rates and completeness of data in both groups indicate that it is acceptable and feasible to undertake a study promoting sexual health for people with SMI. A fully powered RCT is required to establish effectiveness of the intervention in adoption of safer sex.

scholarly journals Do Crowding-Out Effects Explain the Low Effect of a Health Promotion Intervention among Young People at a Vocational School?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11127
Author(s):  
Bent E. Mikkelsen ◽  
Annette Q. Romani ◽  
Maria P. Brandão
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Young People ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
School Setting ◽  
The Body ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention

In recent years, school-based interventions have increasingly been used as a strategy to promote good eating habits and physical activity among young people at school. However, little is known about the effect that this kind of public involvement has on the overall behavior of young people. Economists refer to the existence of a crowding-out effect when public sector engagement in influencing behavior is counteracted by behaviors at the individual level. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a health promotion intervention program among young people at a vocational school on the overall behavior of the students and consider whether a crowding-out effect existed when it came to health behavior. This study used data from the Gearing up the Body (GUB) intervention that was carried out at the vocational school of Uddannelsescenter Holstebro, Denmark. The study included 130 students from two vocational programs. Answers were collected from survey questions in three waves. Our results showed that intervening in the school setting had the intended impact on physical activity but an unintended impact on eating behavior. In the GUB study, we found signs of countervailing behaviors in and out of school that need to be further explored.

HIV and other STIs in male sex workers: Findings from a sexual health promotion intervention in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 540-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd A Goldsamt ◽  
Michael C Clatts ◽  
Le Minh Giang ◽  
Bao Q Le ◽  
Donn J Colby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Local Treatment ◽  
Health Promotion Intervention ◽  
Male Sex Workers ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Hiv Test ◽  
Male Sex

Male sex workers (MSWs) in Vietnam are at high risk for acquisition and transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet are extremely disengaged from the healthcare system. This contributes to large numbers of untreated or late-treated infections and increased secondary transmission. We enrolled 995 MSWs in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in a Sexual Health Promotion intervention that included face-to-face delivery of seven content modules, a clinical examination and testing for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and Chlamydia. Onsite treatment was provided for STIs, and those who tested positive for HIV were referred to local treatment centers. While 64.6% of participants had never been to a health service and fewer than half (41.2%) had ever been tested for HIV, 67.1% returned for test results. This testing identified 109 (11.0%) participants who were HIV-positive and 312 (31.4%) who tested positive for at least one other STI. Substantive differences were seen in MSWs from different cities, with those from Hanoi more likely to have ever visited a health service (57.8% vs. 24.9%) and to have taken a prior HIV test (54.1% vs. 37.9%) than those in HCMC. Sexual health promotion is a promising approach to engaging MSWs in health services.

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