Do peer‐based short‐form educational videos created by nursing students improve youths' knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases? A quasi‐experimental study
Background The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) remains high worldwide in today's society, especially among young people. Youth education on STDs could help to reduce the prevalence of the condition in society and prevent new cases. Aim The aim of this study is to assess the e...
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Published in | International journal of nursing practice Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. e13221 - n/a |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Australia
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
01.06.2024
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Summary: | Background
The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) remains high worldwide in today's society, especially among young people. Youth education on STDs could help to reduce the prevalence of the condition in society and prevent new cases.
Aim
The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of peer‐based short‐form educational videos on youths' knowledge of STDs.
Methods
This quasi‐experimental study was conducted in Turkey. The sample consisted of 121 students divided into experimental and control groups. Pre‐ and post‐test control group quasi‐experimental research design was employed in this study during the spring semester of the academic year 2021–2022. Peer‐based short‐form educational videos created by nursing students were used as an intervention. The survey form and Sexually Transmitted Disease Knowledge Questionnaire were used to collect data.
Results
Participants with parental responsibilities and had previous STD experience had higher knowledge score than the other subgroups. There was a significant main effect of peer‐based short‐form educational video on participants overall knowledge score of STDs. Additionally, the effect of intervention continued at 12‐week follow‐up measurement.
Conclusion
Peer‐based short‐form educational videos increase young people's knowledge of STD, and the impact of the intervention continued at 12‐week follow up.
Summary statement
What is already known about this topic?
Sexually transmitted diseases continue to be prevalent in society, particularly among young people.
Sexually transmitted diseases can lead to serious health conditions and have a significant impact on sexual and reproductive health.
The effectiveness of internet‐based education and lectures on sexually transmitted diseases has already been investigated.
Little research has been addressed to determine the impact of educational materials, which are short videos on knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases created by utilizing nursing students' peer assessment.
What this paper adds?
Peer‐based short‐form educational videos increase young people's sexually transmitted disease knowledge.
People with parental responsibilities and a previous sexually transmitted infections responded to interventions more favourably.
The effects of peer‐based short‐form educational videos persisted 3 months afterwards.
The implications for this paper:
This cost‐free method has a potential to be widely used as a public health intervention to educate young people on sexually transmitted diseases.
The peer‐based short‐form educational videos can be combined with other interventions to increase young people's knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases. |
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Bibliography: | Funding information The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1322-7114 1440-172X |
DOI: | 10.1111/ijn.13221 |