| Autor: |
Lys C; Fostering Open eXpression among Youth (FOXY), 5029 57th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada.; Strength, Masculinities, and Sexual Health (SMASH), 5029 57th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada.; Aurora College, 5004 54th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada., Logie CH; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity, 1190 Hornby St., Vancouver, V6Z 2K5 BC, Canada.; United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, 204-175 Longwood Rd S, Hamilton, L8P 0A1 ON, Canada., Mackay KI; Fostering Open eXpression among Youth (FOXY), 5029 57th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada.; Strength, Masculinities, and Sexual Health (SMASH), 5029 57th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada., MacNeill N; Fostering Open eXpression among Youth (FOXY), 5029 57th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada.; Strength, Masculinities, and Sexual Health (SMASH), 5029 57th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada., Loppie C; School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC, Canada., Gittings L; Fostering Open eXpression among Youth (FOXY), 5029 57th Street, Yellowknife, NT, Canada., Yasseen A; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada. |
| Abstrakt: |
ABSTRACT Limited research has evaluated sexual health promotion projects with adolescents living in Arctic regions. The study objective was to examine changes in STI knowledge and safer sex efficacy among youth in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada who participated in arts-based sexual health workshops. We used a pre/post-test design with a convenience sample of students aged 13-18 years recruited from 17 NWT communities. We conducted summary statistics and comparisons between pre and post-test scores using paired t-tests. Among participants ( n = 610), we found statistically significant increases in STI knowledge overall (mean difference = 3.9; p < 0.001) and across gender and age stratifications. There were statistically significant increases in safer sex efficacy overall (mean difference = 0.9, p < 0.001), across genders, and among participants: aged <15 years, in rural communities, reporting food insecurity, reporting dating violence, and Indigenous youth. No statistically significant differences in safer sex efficacy were observed among participants who were aged ≥15, sexually active, reporting consistent condom use, and using drugs/alcohol. Findings signal the promise of youth-targeted, arts-based sexual health workshops for improving STI knowledge and safer sex efficacy among adolescents in the NWT. Further research can explore how safer sex efficacy may be shaped by age, substance use, and sexual experience to inform tailored interventions. |
