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Friday, July 15, 2005
This presentation is part of : Women's Health Issues
A Prospective and Randomized Controlled Evaluation of an Interactive Postpartum Sexual Health Education Program
Jian Tao Lee, RN, PhD, School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Taiwan
Learning Objective #1: Describe the innovative strategies in postpartum sexual health education
Learning Objective #2: Explain how the theory-based program of postpartum sexual health education could enhance postpartum women's sexual self-efficacy and effective contraception

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of an interactive model intervention - based on the health behavior science theory - compared to non-interactive model intervention. This research conducted prospective and random control trials to compare the effects of an Interactive Postpartum Sexual Health Education Program (IPSHEP ) and non-interactive sexual health education during postpartum . According to the "pretest-post-test control group design", a total of 166 samples were recruited at a large-scale medical center in Northern Taiwan. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the two groups, the experimental and control groups. The experimental group took the IPSHEP intervention including 10-15 minutes of interactive individual health education by a well-trained nurse and an interactive printed pamphlet entitled "Happy Mother's Sex" . The control group was assigned to "routine postpartum sexual teaching" . The Dependent variables were measured using a self report instrument titled "The Postpartum Sexual Intervention Evaluation Questionnaire "before and after intervention such as postpartum sexual knowledge, sexual attitude, sexual self-efficacy and effective contraceptive behavior intention. Analysis included overall repeated-measures analysis of variance. The results revealed that an "interactive postpartum sexual health education program" based on the health behavior science theory could enhance postpartum women's sexual health knowledge, attitude, increasing sexual self-efficacy and effective contraceptive behavior intention, which are worthwhile for clinical application.