NCT03669913

Mitigating Adverse Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Young Adolescents

Mitigating Adverse Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Through a Comprehensive Primary School Sexuality Education Program in South-Western Uganda

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Mbarara University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) among young adolescents (10-14 years) in schools. A total of 33 schools will participate in the trial with 15 intervention arm that will receive CSE education and 18 in the control arm, Intervention will go on for one year

Detailed description

The International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (ITGSE) defines CSE as "an age-appropriate, culturally relevant approach to teaching about sexuality and relationships by providing scientifically accurate, realistic, non-judgmental information and CSE improves sexual and reproductive health outcomes of young people by delaying sexual debut, promoting condom use and increasing sexual health knowledge, however, most of these outcomes have been reported in older adolescents and there is limited evidence for effectiveness of CSE among young adolescents The study aims at improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health of young adolescents through CSE that is led by interdisciplinary university students' team in an environment where no consistent or regulated sexual and reproductive health education program currently exists

Conditions

• Relationship Problems Specific to Childhood and Adolescence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Lessons on comprehensive sexuality education	Provision of 11 standardized lessons on comprehensive sexuality education based on international guidance on sexuality education by UNESCO

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-08
• Primary completion: 2017-11-30
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2018-09-13
• Last updated: 2018-09-13