Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 292-299, September 2010

A Mentoring Program for the Promotion of Sexual Health Among Korean Adolescents

  • YunHee Shin, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: YunHee Shin, Department of Nursing, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 162 IlSan-Dong, Wonju, Gangwon-Do 220-701, South Korea.
    • ,
  • Lynn Rew, EdD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN

published online 12 October 2009.

Abstract 

The purpose of this pilot study was to develop a mentoring program for the promotion of sexual health among Korean adolescents and to explore the effects of the program. A nonequivalent control group pre-test–post-test design was used. The mentoring intervention was conducted by eight nursing students who participated in the program as mentors using various methods such as formal group sessions and informal individual contacts. At the 12-week post-intervention, the interaction between time and group was statistically significant on both sexual knowledge and sexual attitude of the 17 adolescent mentees. The mentoring program demonstrated potential as a developmentally appropriate intervention for the sexual health promotion of adolescents and promises to enable nursing students to gain confidence in their professional capability.

Key Words: Mentor, sexual, health, adolescent

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 This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant, which is funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (KRF-2006-521-E00134).

 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0891-5245(09)00212-0

doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.07.005

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 292-299, September 2010

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