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ArticleApplied nursing research : ANR2018

Evaluation of an assessment instrument for a sexual health curriculum for nurses and midwifery students in Tanzania: The sexual health education for professionals scale (SHEPS).

M W Ross, S Leshabari, B R S Rosser, M Trent, L Mgopa, J Wadley, N Kohli, A Agardh

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Article in Applied nursing research : ANR, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03923582 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Training for Health Professionals in Tanzania

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MinnesotaRan2021 to 2022Enrolled412ConditionsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, TrainingArmsComprehensive sexual health curriculum
NCT05729672 nacompletednot on this map

Developing and Testing a Small Private Online Course (SPOC) for Nurse-patient Communication About Sex.

TypeinterventionalSponsorChang Gung Memorial HospitalRan2017 to 2020Enrolled150ConditionsNurse-Patient RelationsArmsReceived the Nightingale in Gen-sEx course
NCT07772778 phase3recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Tanzabilities Aim 3: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Sexual and Reproductive Health Curriculum for Persons With Disabilities

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MinnesotaRan2026 to 2027Enrolled412ConditionsSexual and Reproductive Health, Disability, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health EducationArmsDisability-Focused Sexual and Reproductive Health Curriculum
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The start of sexual health curriculum development and evaluation at Stellenbosch University.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2023
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  9. Perceptions of Sexual Healthcare Provision in Tanzania: a Key Informant Qualitative Study.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2022
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  16. Primary Care Clinicians' Interest In, and Barriers To, Medication Abortion.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

M W RossProgram in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. Electronic address: mwross@umn.edu.
S LeshabariSchool of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
B R S RosserDepartment of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
M TrentDivision of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 200 N. Wolfe Street, #2064, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
L MgopaDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
J WadleyDepartment of Counseling and Human Services, Lincoln University, 1570 Baltimore Pike, PA 19352, USA.
N KohliDepartment of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
A AgardhDivision of Social Medicine and Global Health, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences · TZUniversity of Minnesota · USJohns Hopkins University · USLincoln University - Pennsylvania · USLund University · SEUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

Virology CoreP30AI036211 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KLINE, MARK W. · 1994 to 2015
$21.7M
Training for Health ProfessionalsR01HD092655 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Dickson Ally Mkoka, B R Simon Rosser · 2018 to 2026
$5.3M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036211NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD092655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed the structure and content of a new scale, the SHEPS, to assess change in sexual health confidence, knowledge and attitudes in nursing and midwifery students following an intervention (a 2-day standardized workshop on sexual health). Students were 78 Tanzanian nursing and midwifery students attending a University of Health Sciences, who were assessed immediately before and after the workshop on matched pre- and post-workshop questionnaires. Data confirmed significant changed pre- and post-test on knowledge and confidence on topics taught in the workshop, with the effect also extending to some topics not or minimally covered, suggesting that there was a general increase in confidence and a perception of increased knowledge following the workshop. There was power to detect differences even with a moderate sized matched sample. Correlations between knowledge and confidence on the same content items were between 0.52 and 0.63, suggesting that respondents could clearly distinguish between knowledge and confidence. There were no significant differences pre- and post-test on several controversial cultural and religious attitudes including on abortion and non-vaginal penetrative sex. Alpha coefficients were 0.93 for pre-test and 0.90 for post-test. This field test demonstrates the preliminary appropriateness of the SHEPS as a tool for evaluating sexual health interventions in health care workers.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdultEducational MeasurementFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMidwiferyNursing StaffSexual HealthStudents, NursingSurveys and QuestionnairesTanzaniaYoung AdultAfricaEvaluationSexual healthTanzania

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PMID29579491
PMCPMC8127620
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