A Peer Education Program: Delivering Highly Reliable Sexual Health Promotion Messages in Schools

Abstract

Teen PEP developers have been able to successfully adapt and replicate it in North Carolina, in settings that need sexual health education services for youth both because of the paucity of existing services in many areas and because of the evidence of risk in the form of high rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus or AIDS in youth 15-19 years of age. Youth reported benefits across a range of social and sexual health-related areas.

Influential Factors for the Improvement of Peer Education in Adolescents: A Narrative Review

“…Moreover, adolescents in different societies face problems when attempting to acquire appropriate information about their age-related concerns (6). Therefore, there is a need for designation of appropriate educational programs to meet their needs (7).…”

“…Peer education can be implemented for different age groups (16) with the aim of improving knowledge, changing attitudes and beliefs (17), and supporting and empowering participants to make informed decisions (7). Many studies have shown that peer education was an acceptable approach of education of adolescents, and could improve their knowledge and attitudes (17).…”

“…Some of the required skills were: the ability to teach and hold educational workshops (7) extract ideas and concerns and find solutions to resolve them (8). Also, they needed to learn consultation skills, present lectures (7) and facilitate open discussions regarding sensitive topics such as sexual issues (22). Other skills were: being positive and healthy role models (23,33), providing opportunities for peers to share their ideas, feelings, attitudes and perspectives (9,10), and supervising peers and assessing their needs (10,21).…”

“…Adolescents were sensitive to the preservation of their privacy and confidentiality of their information. If adolescents trusted educators in terms of privacy and confidentiality, they easily shared their minds about sensitive issues and remained faithful to the group values (7,18,53).…”

The Positive Impact of School-Based Peer Education Program Towards Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Systematic Review

“…(Demissie Z, 2013;Layzer, Rosapep, & Barr, 2014). One of the teen health programs conducted at the school is the Centre for Information and Counseling (PIK-in Bahasa) for teenagers/students or school-based peer education (BKKBN, 2012;Jones, 2012;Story & Gorski, 2013).…”