Effect of a Socio-educational Intervention on Sexual Health in Young University Students

Sexual Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of a Socio-educational Intervention on Sexual Health in Young University Students: Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04429672
• Other study ID #: VPJJ0001
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 9, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 11, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: University of Guadalajara
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The sexual health is considered as a state of physical, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality that requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality, as well as the possibility of having pleasant and safe sexual experiences, free from all coercion, discrimination and violence. However, lack of family planning, having unprotected sex, unwanted pregnancies, abortions, Sexually Transmitted Infections, lack of acceptance of sexual identity, sexism, having multiple sexual partners and having sex under the influence of alcohol and drugs are some of the main elements that alter the well-being of people's sexual health, especially in the young population. In this sense, different organizations have pointed out the importance of promoting in young people strategies related to providing an adequate level of knowledge in sexual health from a perspective of the exercise of sexual rights to reduce alterations in risky sexual practices and it has been identified that the school environment can be the ideal space for a health services approach to this age group to strengthen their well-being and ensure their development during adulthood. However, the sexual health interventions traditionally implemented by the health services are usually aimed mainly at transmitting knowledge about the benefits of condom use, sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies and violence, excluding other elements that make up the sexual health and making use of conventional educational strategies through print media or short educational sessions, which causes little interaction between health personnel and users that consolidates the purpose of the interventions. That said, the implementation of a socio-educational intervention in sexual health that promotes sexual rights, positive attitudes towards sexuality and the prevention of risky sexual behaviors articulated in a model of a life project that motivates them to achieve the ideal stage of life for starting a family in a healthy way through family planning, can promote the strengthening not only of their sexual health but also their well-being for their future development as adults.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 11, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: July 12, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria;

• Young college students aged 18 to 24.

• Que reported having an active sex life.

• Who attended the family planning counseling services of the School Clinic.

• Who agreed to participate in the study by signing informed consent.

Exclusion criteria;

• Young people who reported going to private family planning services.

• They were in the gestation stage.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sexual Health

Intervention

Behavioral:
• The Right to your Sexual Health
which is of a socio-educational type and is made up of five thematic axes; Sexual Rights, Sexuality, Reproductive Health, Sexual Behavior and Life Project divided into ten sessions (two weekly) of 30 minutes each, each session has a structure of opening, development and closing phase
• Friendly sexual health services and reproductive for adolescents
consists of six sessions (one a week) lasting 50 minutes each, using illustrative material through official flipcharts of the secretary of health on reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases and sexual violence

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Mexico	Southern University Center	Zapotlan el grande	Jalisco

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Guadalajara	Universidad de Colima

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Mexico, 

References & Publications (1)

Villalobos A, Castro F, Rojas R, Allen B. [Contraception in Mexican adolescents in upper secondary schools: use and unmet needs]. Salud Publica Mex. 2017 Sep-Oct;59(5):566-576. doi: 10.21149/8481. Spanish. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	sexual health	Changes in the sexual health well-being of young college students. Measuring dimension changes from poor sexual health to good sexual health before and after the intervention, will be measured through proportions and the MacNemar test.	six months
Secondary	attitudes and opinions towards the sexuality	Changes in the type of attitudes and opinions towards the sexuality of young university students. Measuring changes in scores obtained from the applicable auto instruments before and after the intervention, is meditated through medians and the Mann-Whitney test.	six months
Secondary	risky sexual behaviors	Changes in the type of risky sexual behaviors of young college students. Measuring changes in scores obtained from the applicable auto instruments before and after the intervention, is meditated through medians and the Mann-Whitney test	six months
Secondary	knowledge and exercise of the sexual rights	Changes in the knowledge and exercise of the sexual rights of young university students. Measuring changes in scores obtained from the applicable auto instruments before and after the intervention, it is meditated through medians and the Mann-Whitney test.	six months