Effectiveness of the pregnancy prevention program among the lower high-school students under the Office of Secondary Education Service Area 19, Nong Bua Lamphu Province.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find the effectiveness of the pregnancy prevention program among the lower high-school students under the Office of Secondary Education Service Area 19, Nong Bua Lamphu Province. This study was a quasi-experimental research with 2 groups measured before and after the experiment. The population used in this study were Matthayomsuksa 1 students of schools under the Office of Secondary Education Service Area 19, Nong Bua Lamphu Province. The samples were 2 groups of experimental and control groups of 30 students each. The research instrument was the pregnancy prevention program for students developed from the related literature reviews which are family life education curriculum consisting of the adolescent development, sexual health, sexual attitude, pregnancy preventing skill, sex effects and AIDS, contraception, and the family talks about the sex. The research organized the activities for the experimental group 3 times, 120 minutes each time per week through lectures, role-play comments, and practices. The duration of the study was a total of 5 weeks in 3 months from August to September 2020.

          The results of the study showed that (1) before and after the use of the pregnancy prevention program for the experimental group, there was a statistically significant difference (p-value=0.001) After using the program, there was the mean of the contraception more than before the using at 26.0 (2) before and after the using of the pregnancy prevention program for the control group, there was no statistically significant difference (p-value=0.05) After the using the program, there was the mean of the contraception more than before the using at 6.50 (3) The comparison of the difference in the mean of pregnancy protection. between the experimental group and the control group after using the program was a statistically significant difference (p-value=0.001) the mean score of the contraception of the experimental group was more than the control group at 17.40