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Impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial
Author(s) -
Reading Richard
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00757_3.x
Subject(s) - cluster randomised controlled trial , medicine , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , cluster (spacecraft) , health education , demography , relationship education , family medicine , psychology , nursing , public health , sociology , surgery , computer science , programming language
Impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial.
Henderson , M. , Wight , D. , Raab , G. M. , Abraham , C. , Parkes , A. , Scott , S. & Hart , G.(2007)British Medical Journal,334,133–6.
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39014.503692.55.Objective To assess the impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers compared with conventional education in terms of conceptions and terminations registered by the National Health Service. Design Follow‐up of cluster randomized trial 4.5 years after intervention. Setting National Health Service records of women who had attended 25 secondary schools in east Scotland. Participants A total of 4196 women (99.5% of those eligible). Intervention SHARE programme (intervention group) vs. existing sex education (control group). Main outcome measure National Health Service recorded conceptions and terminations for the achieved sample linked at age 20 years. Results In an ‘intention to treat’ analysis, there were no significant differences between the groups in registered conceptions per 1000 pupils (300 SHARE vs. 274 control; difference 26, 95% CI −33 to 86) and terminations per 1000 pupils (127 vs. 112; difference 15, −13 to 42) between ages 16 and 20 years. Conclusions This specially designed sex education programme did not reduce conceptions or terminations by age 20 years compared with conventional provision. The lack of effect was not due to quality of delivery. Enhancing teacher‐led school sex education beyond conventional provision in eastern Scotland is unlikely to reduce terminations in teenagers.