Abstract: This study measured the effectiveness of the Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Program using Bloom's Taxonomy Domains of Learning and its implications to Health Teaching as implemented to selected out-of-school youth. The Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Program was designed by the Department of Education to address the various reproductive health concerns of the in-school and out-of-school youth population which aims to enhance the over-all wellness of the Filipino adolescents and to contribute better learning outcomes, reduced dropout rate, increased completion rate and improved quality of learning.The researchers utilized a quasi-experimental non equivalent design using purposive and convenience sampling technique. The respondents of the study were the out-of-school youth, aging 14-17 years old who are not enrolled to a formal education. The researchers conducted a written examination, pre-test and post-test among control group and experimental group using questionnaire made by the researchers based on the teaching module produced by The Center for Health Development – Metro Manila Health Promotion Cluster. The module was approved by the Department of Health and adopted by the Bureau of Alternative Learning System. The validation and reliability of the tool were checked.Overall, the study showed that most of the respondents consist of fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen years old and the number of male respondents is greater than the number of female respondents, also the number of respondents with one or more children is higher compared to the respondents who do not have children. In addition, the mean score of the pre-test of the control group scored (11.2708) while the experimental group scored (13.8958). The experimental group got the higher mean score than the control group upon implementation of the adolescent reproductive health, the obtained knowledge of the respondents was affected by measuring knowledge through the pre-test and post-test. Moreover, the implementation of the program to the group has no effect on the difference between the post-test of both control and experimental group. The control group showed that there is no considerable difference between their level of knowledge based on the results of their pre-test and post-test. In the findings gathered in their pre-test and post-test, the level of knowledge of the control group is considerably similar. Further, the result of the pre-test and post-test of the experimental group showed that there is a considerable difference in their level of knowledge during the pre-test and post-test. An increase in the level of knowledge of the respondents by the experimental group was observed in the findings. The findings showed that there is a substantial variation in the outcomes of the post-tests of both the control and experimental group. The teaching done to the experimental group showed an advantage in gaining higher score in the post-test rather than the scores of the control group.Moreover, the health teaching should be conducted longer to further evaluate the knowledge of the out of school youth. The questionnaire should be revised and improved and should emphasize the four cores of Adolescent Reproductive Health
Keywords: Adolescent Reproductive Health, Teaching Program, Out of School Youth.
Title: Effectiveness of the Alternative Learning System using the Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Teaching Program as Implemented to Selected Out-of-School Youth in the Philippines: Implications to Health Teaching
Author: Dr. Ronnell D. Dela Rosa
ISSN 2394-7330
International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing
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