Effectiveness of sex education curriculum on sex-related knowledge, attitude and practice of preschool children in senior class / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To evaluate the effectiveness of sex education curriculum on sex related knowledge, attitude and practice of preschool children in senior class, so as to provide a reference basis for the comprehensive development of early childhood sex education in the future.@*Methods@#From December 2021 to July 2022, the two stage stratified sampling method was used to select 12 kindergartens in Luzhou City, of which 6 senior classes were chosen as the intervention group (360 before the intervention, 354 after the intervention), and the other 6 senior classes as the control group (416 before the intervention, 326 after the intervention). The intervention group was conducted with early childhood sex education classes in the form of a series of courses, with a total of four topics including one parent course and three child courses every month, while the control group received routine teaching schedule. A survey was conducted on the knowledge, attitude and practice of early childhood sex education among preschool children and their parents before and after the intervention. χ 2 text analysis was used to carry out the effect.@*Results@#There was no statistically significant difference in sexual education related knowledge, attitude and practice between the intervention group and the control group before intervention ( P >0.05). There were statistically significant differences in the awareness rate of sexual knowledge (77.4%, 69.6%), positive attitude rate (73.7%, 10.1%), good practice rate (59.3%, 38.0%), and good knowledge, attitude and practice rate (37.9%,1.8%) between the intervention group and the control group after intervention ( χ 2=5.28, 279.77, 30.77, 134.62, P <0.05). Similar findings were observed in the intervention group before and after the intervention ( χ 2=63.39, 344.31 , 41.41, 161.03, P <0.05). The difference in the awareness rate of sexual related knowledge between the control group before and after intervention was statistically significant ( χ 2=44.29, P <0.05).@*Conclusion@#The early childhood sex education curriculum might help improve sex related knowledge, attitude and practice. Kindergartens should be encouraged to actively promote sex education, training, and guidance for preschool children and their parents, in order to improve the sex related knowledge, attitude and practice.