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dc.contributor.authorMusiimenta, Angella
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-02T07:58:24Z
dc.date.available2021-06-02T07:58:24Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMusiimenta, A. (2013). Social and Institutional issues in the adoption of school-based technology-aided sexual health education program. Online journal of public health informatics, 5(2), 213.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1947-2579
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/902
dc.description.abstractObjective: School-based sexual health education interventions can reach young people of diverse backgrounds and equip them with knowledge and skills for protecting themselves against HIV/AIDS, unwanted pregnancies, and live healthy and responsible lives. However, given that school-based sexual health education intervention are health projects implemented in educational settings, variety of social and institutional issues can present challenges. This study aimed to obtain rich insights into the facilitating or inhibiting mediators for the implementation of a school-based sexual health education intervention in Uganda. Method: This study conducted 16 qualitative interviews to investigate the mediators for the implementation of the school-based sexual health education intervention based on experiences of two Ugandan schools: the school which successfully completed the implementation of the intervention, and the school which abandoned the intervention half-way the implementation. Results: Rather than the technological aspects, results indicate that the implementation was strongly influenced by interplay of social and institutional mediators, which were more favourable in the “successful” school than in the “failure school”. These mediators were: perceived students’ vulnerability to HIV and unwanted pregnancies; teachers’ skills and willingness to deliver the intervention, management support; match with routine workflow, social-cultural and religious compatibility, and stakeholder involvement. Conclusion: Rather than focusing exclusively on technological aspects, experiences from this evaluation suggest the urgent need to also create social, institutional, and religious climate which are supportive of school-based computer-assisted sexual health education. Evidence-based recommendations are provided, which can guide potential replications, improvements, and policy formulation in subsequent school-based sexual health education interventions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCommonwealth Scholarship Commissionen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOnline Journal of Public Health Informaticsen_US
dc.subjectSexual health educationen_US
dc.subjectSchool health educationen_US
dc.subjectAdolescents’ sexual healthen_US
dc.subjectTeacher-student sex educationen_US
dc.subjectInformaticsen_US
dc.titleSocial and Institutional issues in the Adoption of School-based Technology-aided Sexual Health Education Programen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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