Effectiveness of the Contraceptive Education on the Third-grade Students in Junior High School in Central Taiwan

[[abstract]]Effectiveness of the Contraceptive Education on the Third-grade Students in Junior High School in Central Taiwan A Master Thesis By Hsiang-chi Pan ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to compare the different performance of the third-grade students before and after the instruction of contraceptive education.this study explores the effects of the contraceptive education related to contraceptive knowledge, contraceptive attitude, contraceptive self-efficacy, and contraceptive behavior intention for the third-grade students in junior high school in the central Taiwan. The study adopts nonequivalent experimental controlled group design. The subjects are the third-grade students of two classes in a junior high school in the central Taiwan. The total effective number of students is 164(66 in the experimental group and 68 in the controlled group). The stuedntsin the experimental group accepted three contraceptive courses, and the students in controlled group did not accept any relative instruction. The study objects accepted a pre-test before the instruction, and a post-test after the instruction, hoping to realize the immediate effects of instruction. The examination of the data determined the following findings: Students in the experimental group had better scores of contraceptive knowledge, contraceptive attitude,and contraceptive self-efficacy. Their’s contraceptive knowledge were also increased. Only the students who got better scoresin the pre-test in experimental group could increase the contraceptive attitude and contraceptive self-efficacy.But the contraceptive behavior intention of the students in the experimental group was not increased. Students involved in this study felt highly satisfied with the courses. Future studies should build on these results to improve the age appropriate contraceptive education programs in all age group action reseach and including more subjects from other area of Taiwan. In hope that one day the school system will offer students sysmatic and timely contraceptive education to promote the sexual health of the teenagers. Key Words: contraceptive education, contraceptive knewldge, contraceptive attitude, contraceptive self-efficacy, contraceptive behavior intention