A Longitudinal Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Contraception for College Students  

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Reis, Janet ; Tymchyshyn, Patricia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Adolescence vol. 27 no. 108 (1992), page 803-812.
Topik: evaluation; longitudinal evaluation; computer - assisted instruction; contraception; students

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This study assessed changes in contraceptive knowledge of 58 white female undergraduate college students following use of a computer - assisted instruction (CAI) program on contraceptive methods. The CAI program conissted of a personal - computer - based instructional lesson covering facts about and appropriate use of oral contraceptives and barrier methods, and myths about sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases. Baseline contraceptive knowledge was forst compared with 171 white female undergraduate students. This comparison indicated that, overall, there were knowledge deficits regarding the safety of oral contraceptives and what to do if oral contraceptives are not used correctly. At immediate posttest, significant knowledge gains were observed for danger signs associated with using oral contraceptives, the rationale for triphasic and biphasic pills, potential medication synergism, health benefits of using oral contraceptives, potential contraceptive effect of with - drawal and the reasons women stop using pill. At six - month follow - up, studnets evidenced long - term knowledge gains on duration of pill use, the rationale for triphasics and biphasics, appropriate contingencies for missing two days of the pill, danger signs associated with using contraceptives, medication synergism, and health benefits of using oral contraceptives. The results of the evaluation are considered are considered in the context of the widely held assumption that young women's contraceptive failure is unrelated ot knowledge deficits about methods of birth control.

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