The development of an educational program for preventing conception and STD/STI in young women in Japan

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21592828
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: University of Hyogo
• Principal Investigator: KUDO Yoshiko 兵庫県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (40234455)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 女性 / 避妊 / 性感染症予防 / 行動変容 / 看護学

Research Abstract

The purposes of this study were to develop an effective education program so that Japanese young females from their late teens to early twenties could take action faithfully to prevent conception and STD/STI. 458 young people completed a questionnaire survey regarding HIV/STD-related knowledge, attitudes towards contraception and sex, the risk perceptions for pregnancy and HIV/STDs, self-efficacy in condom use, and sexual behavior. Thirty-one young people were asked open-ended questions regarding participants' sexual protective strategies and relationships with their partners in interviews. A pamphlet for preventing conception and STD/STI were made based on the results of the questionnaire survey and interviews.