The Current Situation and Issues of Sexual Health Education by School Nurses in Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Tanaka, Yūko; Araullo, Geraldine Ordonez; Tuliao, Maria Teresa Reyes; Yamashita, Tadashi; Okuda, Kikuko; Baua, Elizabeth C.; Matsuo, Hiroya

doi:10.13189/ujph.2020.080601

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“…These efforts are particularly needed for younger transfeminine people who might lack comfort and experience handling these discussions, as our findings show that those ages 18 to 24 were significantly less likely to discuss PrEP with their peers. Given the lack of comprehensive and LGBTQ-inclusive sex education programming in public schools in the Philippines that may otherwise socialize them to frank discussions with peers about sexuality and sexual health [43][44][45], it is not surprising to find that younger Filipina transfeminine adults are less to discuss PrEP with trans friends compared to older groups. This finding may also reflect the lack of capacity or comfort to articulate both broad and specific sexuality and sexual health concerns as young adults who may not have disclosed their gender identities or may be newly out.…”

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High interest in Long-Acting Injectable PrEP among Filipina Transfeminine Adults

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Wickersham

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Transfeminine adults are impacted by the HIV epidemic in the Philippines, and newly approved modalities of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), including long-acting injectable (LAI-PrEP), could be beneficial for this group. We utilized secondary data from the #ParaSaAtin survey that sampled Filipina transfeminine adults (n=139) and conducted a series of multivariable logistic regressions with lasso selection to explore factors independently associated with PrEP outcomes, including awareness, discussion with trans friends, and interest in LAI-PrEP. Overall, 53% of Filipina transfeminine respondents were aware of PrEP, 39% had discussed PrEP with their trans friends, and 73% were interested in LAI-PrEP. PrEP awareness was associated with being non-Catholic, having previously been HIV tested, discussing HIV services with a provider, and having high HIV knowledge (p<0.05). Discussing PrEP with friends was associated with older age, having experienced healthcare discrimination due to transgender identity, having HIV tested, and having discussed HIV services with a provider (p<0.05). Interest in LAI-PrEP was associated with living in Central Visayas, having discussed HIV services with a provider, and having discussed HIV services with a sexual partner were associated (p<0.05). Implementing LAI-PrEP in the Philippines requires addressing systemic improvements across personal, interpersonal, social, and structural levels in healthcare access, including efforts to create healthcare settings and environments with providers who are trained and competent in transgender health and can address the social and structural drivers of trans health inequities, including HIV and barriers to LAI-PrEP.

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“…According to UN Projections 2017, adolescent fertility in the Philippines and other regions was higher in 2015-2020 than the average of 44 births per 1000 women aged 15-19 (Habito et al, 2019. In addition, the Philippines has the most significant rate of unplanned pregnancies (29%) compared to other nations, with roughly one in three recent births being labeled by women as unwanted or mistimed (Narasimhan & Gipson, 2022). According to Tanaka et al (2020), one in ten Filipino women between the ages of 15 and 19 have been reported to experience a teenage pregnancy. Between 2006 and 2010, there were 25% more HIV-positive cases in the 15 to 24 age group than between 2011 and 2018.…”

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Examining the Association of Sexual Health Knowledge and Sexual Attitude of Filipino College Students

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Dacillo,

Babao

et al. 2024

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This study aims to uncover the association between sexual health knowledge and sexual attitude, explore the various factors, and evaluate its significance in today’s generation. There are a total of 328 individuals who participated in this study comprising first year to fourth year level of students from University of Mindanao Digos College. This study is quantitative and employs a descriptive-predictive research design. Using the Shapiro-Wilk test, to test the normality; however, the test did not show if the continuous variables have a normal distribution by assumption. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to test the levels of both variables, results showed that level of sexual health knowledge among participants is moderate and level of sexual attitudes of college students was marked neutral. Where in the results revealed that general sexual attitude has an inversely positive relationship with reproductive health, contraception, condom use, has a positive correlation with HIV/AIDS, but has no relationship with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). Moreover, personal sexual attitude has no significant relationship with reproductive health, but has a very weak positive relationship contraception, condom use, has a weak positive relationship with STD and HIV/AIDS.

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“…In the Philippines, provision of sexual education including contraceptive use and preventing adolescents' pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is inadequate (Tanaka et al, 2020). In high school, school nurses provide sexual education; however, it is more focused on hand washing, preventing infectious disease, and nutritional guidance because of school nurses' lack of awareness regarding the importance of reproductive health promotion (Tanaka et al, 2020). Moreover, modern contraceptive use, early sexual health education, and induced abortion – even in cases of rape – are all considered socially taboo topics due to Catholic religious beliefs in the Philippines (Upreti & Jacob, 2018).…”

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“…According to the 2015 Global School-based Student Health Survey in the Philippines, less than half of adolescents received sexual health education in school and their knowledge on sexually related diseases such as HIV/AIDS was insufficient (Department of Health, Republic of the Philippines, 2016). In the Philippines, provision of sexual education including contraceptive use and preventing adolescents' pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is inadequate (Tanaka et al, 2020). In high school, school nurses provide sexual education; however, it is more focused on hand washing, preventing infectious disease, and nutritional guidance because of school nurses' lack of awareness regarding the importance of reproductive health promotion (Tanaka et al, 2020).…”

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A structural equation modeling of reproductive health promoting behaviors among female adolescents in the Philippines

Choi

Lee

2021

Japan Journal Nursing Sci

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Aims: Integrated reproductive health promoting behaviors, including safe sexual intercourse, preventing sexually transmitted diseases, sexual responsibility, and genital health management, are essential for adolescents in developing countries. The Philippines is currently facing several reproductive health threats. The aim of this study was to identify factors affecting reproductive health promoting behaviors based on a theoretical model using structural equation modeling. Methods: In this cross-sectional study and a structural equation modeling, a total of 227 female adolescents in the Philippines participated in a self-reported questionnaire survey. Results: The results indicated that reproductive health knowledge (β = .14, p = .033), attitudes regarding reproductive health behaviors (β = .31, p = .027), and reproductive health self-efficacy (β = .31, p = .002) influenced participants' reproductive health promoting behaviors. Social norms (β = .31, p = .021) influenced reproductive health self-efficacy and indirectly influenced reproductive health promoting behaviors. Attitude toward gender roles (β = .20, p = .020) was associated with reproductive health knowledge. Conclusions: This study confirmed the direct effect of reproductive health knowledge, attitudes regarding reproductive behaviors, and reproductive health self-efficacy, as well as the indirect effect of social norms, on reproductive health promoting behaviors using structural equation modeling.

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The Current Situation and Issues of Sexual Health Education by School Nurses in Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

High interest in Long-Acting Injectable PrEP among Filipina Transfeminine Adults

High interest in Long-Acting Injectable PrEP among Filipina Transfeminine Adults

Examining the Association of Sexual Health Knowledge and Sexual Attitude of Filipino College Students

A structural equation modeling of reproductive health promoting behaviors among female adolescents in the Philippines

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