The development of an educational program for preventing conception and STD/STI in young women in Japan

本研究的目的是制定一个有效的教育计划，使日本年轻女性从他们的十几岁到二十出头，可以采取行动，忠实地防止怀孕和性病/性病。对458名青少年进行问卷调查，内容包括艾滋病/性病相关知识、避孕态度、性行为态度、对妊娠和艾滋病/性病的风险认知、安全套使用自我效能感和性行为。在采访中，31名年轻人被问及有关参与者性保护策略以及与伴侣关系的开放式问题。根据问卷调查和访谈的结果，编写了预防受孕和性病/性传播感染的小册子。

The purposes of this study were to develop an effective education program so that Japanese young females from their late teens to early twenties could take action faithfully to prevent conception and STD/STI. 458 young people completed a questionnaire survey regarding HIV/STD-related knowledge, attitudes towards contraception and sex, the risk perceptions for pregnancy and HIV/STDs, self-efficacy in condom use, and sexual behavior. Thirty-one young people were asked open-ended questions regarding participants' sexual protective strategies and relationships with their partners in interviews. A pamphlet for preventing conception and STD/STI were made based on the results of the questionnaire survey and interviews.