BACKGROUND Evaluating collaborative community health promotion initiatives presents unique challenges, including engaging community members and other stakeholders in the evaluation process, and measuring the attainment of goals at the collective community level. Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) is a versatile, under-utilized evaluation tool adaptable to a wide range of situations. GAS actively inv...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine students' exposure to sex education and identify students' perceptions of accessibility to sexual health advice and their preferences in implementing sex education. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in junior colleges in Mumbai in 2010. The self-administered questionnaire investigated male and female students' (aged 15-17) exposu...

Background: Health information on adolescents, by contrast is not widely available in many developing countries apart from indicators on sexual and reproductive health collects by major international health surveys, particularly in the context of HIV/AIDS. Adolescents are a key target group for HIV and pregnancy prevention efforts, yet very little is known about the youngest adolescent: those u...

Sexual health has a profound influence over an individual's physical and psychological wellbeing. There is an increasing need to develop effective strategies to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) globally. Many STIs are asymptomatic and yet, highly infectious. The sequelae of such infections may be catastrophic and hence, an integrated multidisciplinary and preventat...

Aims: Nowadays the necessity of informing children of various ages about sexual issues is felt more than ever before. The present study has been conducted to determine the effect of the mothers’ education on the preschool children’s sexual training based on the health belief model. Methods: the present study is experimental intervention research performed on 144 mothers with preschool children...

INTRODUCTION Women's reproductive health decision-making and choices, including engaging in sexual intercourse and condom use, are essential for good reproductive health. However, issues concerning sexual intercourse and condom use are shrouded in secrecy in many sub-Saharan African countries. This study investigates factors that affect decision making on engaging in sexual intercourse and use ...

Peer education remains a popular strategy for health promotion and prevention, but evidence of its effectiveness is still limited. This article presents a systematic review of peer education interventions in the European Union that were published between January 1999 and May 2010. The objective of the review is to determine the effectiveness of peer education programs for human immunodeficiency...