Raheleh Babazadeh, Syeed Abbas Mosavi, Khadigeh Mirzaii Najmabadi, Mohhamad Shariati,
Volume 17, Issue 0 (4-2020)
Abstract
Background: Because of the importance of adolescence, the priority of reproductive health in the world is adolescent reproductive health. What distinguishes this age from other phases of life is the emergence of fertility. Sexual ability, especially among this age group, is a matter of great significance. In fact, today's adolescents, like their peers at all times, are sexually active, with the difference that they are exposed to more sexual stimuli comparing to the past. Moreover, through promoting views about pro-individuality, freedom, opposite-sex friendship, and even establishing advanced relationships are encouraged more than ever. Hence, adolescents face unique reproductive health challenges. The purpose of this study was to discover the views of mothers of adolescent girls about sexual education for adolescent girls.
Methods: In this qualitative study, data were collected through 4 focus group discussions with 26 mothers who had at least one adolescent girl between the ages of 14 -19, not married, living with parents, and attending public schools of Mashhad in 2016. The sampling method, given that the interviews were conducted at the adolescent girls' school, was designed to purposely select schools in a way that encompassed all three high, low, and medium economic and social situations of city dwellers. The number of participants in the focus group sessions ranged from 6 to 8 and the duration of each session was between 60 to 90 minutes. All focus groups were recorded using two digital recorders and field notes with the consent of the interviewees. Having been transcribed, the data were coded and categorized using the conventional content analysis method with the Grunheim and Lundman approach and using MAXQDA10 software.
Results: Data were collected in four main categories: Self-study over time- Sexual education is a moral deviation factor- The need to increase mothers' sexual literacy- and School and family participation
Conclusions: Most participants` mothers emphasized the need for adolescent girls' sexual education and believed that this should be done with the participation of schools and families. However, they disagreed with the exact time of initiation into teaching. Some of the mothers believed that the best time for initiation to teaching is the time of marriage, and others, considering the prevailing conditions in the community, especially easy access to Internet, surmise that the sexual education should begin during adolescence and before marriage, however, they though that pre-marriage sexual education should initiate according to certain criteria, in this regard, they emphasized the school's involvement which, in turn, needs the government appropriate policies.
Asieh Sadat Baniaghil, Maryam Eksir, Nasser Behnampour,
Volume 17, Issue 0 (4-2020)
Abstract
Background: Time management skills are so important in education and it can be very effectiv in this process. Given that the knowledge and application of time management skills can reduce teenager's time wasting and can help them to improve their academic achievement, this study aimed to investigate the effect of time management skills on academic achievement of second grade girl students in Gorgan in the 2018 academic year. This study is experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group.
Methods: The statistical population of the present study consisted of all 2785 female students of second grade high school in 2018 academic year covered by health centers in Gorgan. Among them, 40 students were selected by random sampling method and then the samples were divided into two into treatment and contrl group. Samples of both treatment and control groups completed the localized Britton & Tesser Time Management Questionnaire. Then, only for the treatment group, advicement were implemented. One month after the intervention, the samples (treatment and control group) completed the time management questionnaire again. At the end of the academic year, the scores of the first semester and second semester of students in the 2018 academic year were obtained. Data were finally analyzed with spss18 software.
Results: The results showed that the mean score of the control group students in the second stage decreased slightly compared to the first stage, although the paired T-test showed that this drop was not statistically significant (P> 0.05). Pre-test and post-test Wilcoxon test was used to evaluate academic achievement in the treatment group. Results showed a slight increase compared to the first step, although this increase was not statistically significant (P> 0.05). The results also showed a statistically significant difference at the level of (P> 0.05) in the mean of time management scores in the two control and intervention groups. In the subscales of short-term planning time management the two groups were evaluated before and after the intervention. Results showed a significant difference there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in the mean score of short-term planning at (P> 0.05) level. The obtained data also showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in the mean attitude time score. The findings also indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups at the level of (P> 0.05). There is no long-term planning.
Conclusions: According to the findings, it can be concluded that the intervention did not improve the students' academic achievement, but it did improve the time management skills in the samples.
