Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Sexual Health Responsibility Education Given to Gypsy Adolescents by University Students Using the Peer Education Method

Yıl 2024, Sayı: 24, 1245 - 1258, 30.12.2024

Dilek Çelik Eren , Özge Öz Yıldırım , Ayşe Çal , Mehmet Korkmaz , İlknur Aydın Avci

https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1186442

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Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of sexual health responsibility education given to gypsy adolescents by university students using the peer education method.
Method: The study has a quasi-experimental non-randomized single group pretest-posttest design. The sample of the study, which was carried out at a university in a city in the Black Sea region and in the Gypsy neighborhood of the same city, consisted of a total of 283 adolescents, including 176 university students and 59 Gypsy adolescents who were trained by 48 volunteer peer educators. The data were collected with the information form and the Sexual Health Knowledge Level Determination Form. The data were evaluated using descriptive statistics and McNemar Worker test in the SPSS 21.0 program.
Results: It was found that after peer education, there was a significant increase in the level of knowledge about talking about sexual health in adolescents, female and male reproductive organs and physiology, paying attention to reproductive health, the purpose and methods of family planning, the effects of early marriage and adolescent pregnancy on health, sexual health-related values, ways of transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and ways of protection.
Conclusion: It was found that sexual health responsibility education given to Gypsy adolescents by university students through peer education method increased the sexual health knowledge of Gypsy adolescents. Adolescents should be prepared for adulthood by gaining sexual health responsibility through the promotion of peer education programs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Adolescent, Gypsy, sexual health, peer education

Üniversite Öğrencileri Tarafından Akran Eğitimi Yöntemi ile Roman Adölesanlara Verilen Cinsel Sağlık Sorumluluğu Eğitiminin Etkinliğinin Değerlendirilmesi

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı üniversite öğrencileri tarafından akran eğitimi yöntemi ile Roman adölesanlara verilen cinsel sağlık sorumluluğu eğitiminin etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesidir.
Yöntem: Araştırma yarı deneysel, randomize olmayan tek grup ön test-son test desenine sahiptir. Karadeniz bölgesinde bulunan bir ildeki bir üniversitede ve aynı ilde ağırlıklı olarak Romanların yaşadığı bir mahallede gerçekleştirilen araştırmanın örneklemini 176 üniversite öğrencisi ve 59 Roman adölesan olmak üzere toplam 283 adölesan oluşturmuştur. Veriler bilgi formu ve Cinsel Sağlık Bilgi Düzeyi Belirleme Formu ile toplanmıştır. Veriler SPSS 21.0 programında tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve McNemar Worker testi kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir.
Bulgular: Akran eğitimi sonrası adölesanlarda cinsel sağlığı konuşabilme, kadın ve erkek üreme organları ve fizyolojisi, üreme sağlığına ilişkin dikkat edilmesi gerekenler, aile planlamasının amacı ve kullanılan yöntemler, erken evlilik ve adölesan gebeliğin sağlık üzerine etkileri, cinsel sağlıkla ilgili değerler, cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalıkların (CYBH) bulaşma yolları ve korunma önlemleri ile ilgili bilgi düzeylerindeki artışın anlamlı olduğu görülmüştür.
Sonuç: Üniversite öğrencileri tarafından akran eğitimi yöntemi ile Roman adölesanlara verilen cinsel sağlık sorumluluğu eğitiminin Roman adölesanların cinsel sağlık bilgisini artırdığı belirlenmiştir. Akran eğitim programlarının yaygınlaştırılması yoluyla adölesan bireyler cinsel sağlık sorumluluğu kazanmış olarak yetişkinliğe hazırlanmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Adölesan, roman, cinsel sağlık, akran eğitimi

Destekleyen Kurum

Türkiye Aile Sağlığı ve Planlaması Vakfı

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