Effect of a board game about sexually transmitted infections on imprisoned women's knowledge: protocol for a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in imprisoned women is high. In the prison school context, education in health is one of the best strategies to achieve positive indicators in terms of health promotion and disease prevention. The use of educational technologies, such as board games, can aid in the process of knowledge acquisition on a given subject matter. This article describes the protocol of a health educational intervention that addresses content about sexually transmitted infections directed to imprisoned women in a prison school.

Methods and analysis

A quasi-experimental study to test the effect of a board game on 64 imprisoned women's level of knowledge about sexually transmitted infections. The Previna board game was specifically created

SUBMITTER: Carvalho IDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664279 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature