HEALTHIER SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR : Sex education in Jamestown, Ghana
Lahti, Karoliina (2018)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201803153427
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201803153427
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ABSTRACT
Lahti, Karoliina. Healthier sexual behaviour - Sex education in Jamestown, Ghana. Helsinki. Spring 2018. 46.p. 2 appendices. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Degree Programme in Social Services. Bachelor of Social Services.
The product thesis, in the form of a sex education guidebook, is created to serve the cultural needs of Ghanaian adolescents in cooperation with a Ghanaian nongovernmental organization, the Street Children Empowerment Foundation, located in Jamestown. The guidebook includes 10 units. The guidebook´s focus is on solutions to issues such as teenage pregnancies, peer pressure, sexual abuse, communicable diseases such as STI´s / HIV, and promotion of sexual awareness. These issues were selected through semi structured interviews created by using the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. Each unit includes the background information of the topic, goals and objectives for the unit, art-based exercises related to each unit's topic, and teaching material in the form of simple pictures. Art-based teaching methods were used since not all from the target group were able to read or write. The content of the guidebook is tested in practice by organising a sex education project for the Street Children Empowerment Foundations participants. The evaluation is made by collecting feedback from the participants, from the employee of the organisation and using a teaching diary. The guidebook is going to be published on the organisations website and the printed version is in the organisations headquarter. The book is also given to a couple of institutions in Jamestown.
The aim of the product was to be truly useful for the Streets Children Empowerment Foundation and support them to organize sex education. The second aim was to enable the human sexual right for information and education for as many adolescents in Jamestown as possible through the organized sex education programs. The guidebook and the sex education projects aimed to create more openness around sexuality related issues in Ghana and promote the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.
The results of this project were successful in reaching the aims and objectives set out for it. Approximately 120 adolescents received basic sex education and information. The guidebook was hand out to a couple of institutions which were planning to use it in their projects. The need and the willingness for primary school teachers' sex education was found and it should be done to enable the comprehensive sex education in Ghana. The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence worked well to create the product but was used only at the inner personal level and the community level was forgotten. Forgetting the community level lead to unexpected practical difficulties in the work community.
Keywords: sexual health promotion, sex education, human sexual rights, Ghana, art-based teaching, sustainability, Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, learning material
Lahti, Karoliina. Healthier sexual behaviour - Sex education in Jamestown, Ghana. Helsinki. Spring 2018. 46.p. 2 appendices. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Degree Programme in Social Services. Bachelor of Social Services.
The product thesis, in the form of a sex education guidebook, is created to serve the cultural needs of Ghanaian adolescents in cooperation with a Ghanaian nongovernmental organization, the Street Children Empowerment Foundation, located in Jamestown. The guidebook includes 10 units. The guidebook´s focus is on solutions to issues such as teenage pregnancies, peer pressure, sexual abuse, communicable diseases such as STI´s / HIV, and promotion of sexual awareness. These issues were selected through semi structured interviews created by using the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. Each unit includes the background information of the topic, goals and objectives for the unit, art-based exercises related to each unit's topic, and teaching material in the form of simple pictures. Art-based teaching methods were used since not all from the target group were able to read or write. The content of the guidebook is tested in practice by organising a sex education project for the Street Children Empowerment Foundations participants. The evaluation is made by collecting feedback from the participants, from the employee of the organisation and using a teaching diary. The guidebook is going to be published on the organisations website and the printed version is in the organisations headquarter. The book is also given to a couple of institutions in Jamestown.
The aim of the product was to be truly useful for the Streets Children Empowerment Foundation and support them to organize sex education. The second aim was to enable the human sexual right for information and education for as many adolescents in Jamestown as possible through the organized sex education programs. The guidebook and the sex education projects aimed to create more openness around sexuality related issues in Ghana and promote the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.
The results of this project were successful in reaching the aims and objectives set out for it. Approximately 120 adolescents received basic sex education and information. The guidebook was hand out to a couple of institutions which were planning to use it in their projects. The need and the willingness for primary school teachers' sex education was found and it should be done to enable the comprehensive sex education in Ghana. The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence worked well to create the product but was used only at the inner personal level and the community level was forgotten. Forgetting the community level lead to unexpected practical difficulties in the work community.
Keywords: sexual health promotion, sex education, human sexual rights, Ghana, art-based teaching, sustainability, Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, learning material