Evaluation of a school based comprehensive sexuality education program among very young adolescents in rural Uganda

Table 4 Comparison of sexual health outcomes among young adolescents (unadjusted)

	Intervention		Control
	Baseline	Endline	Baseline	Endline
Sexual Health Knowledge^a, Median (Mean)	8 (8.1)	12 (12.4)	8 (8.4)	11 (11.1)
Gender equitable norm^b Median (Mean)	29 (28.2)	29 (28.8)	28 (28.1)	28 (28.3)
Self-esteem score^c Median (Mean)	24 (23.9)	24 (23.8)	24 (23.6)	24 (23.7)
Body image score^d Median (Mean)	22 (21.1)	22 (20.9)	22 (21.0)	22 (21.2)
Ever had sex, n (%)	34 (9.0)	46 (12.1)	25 (5.2)	36 (7.4)

^aSexual health knowledge was a summation of knowledge on pubertal changes, knowledge on how HIV is acquired, and contraception, with a maximum possible score of 25 (actual score range 1 to 20)
^bGender norms were assessed using items from the Attitudes Towards Women Scale and selected context specific gender attitudes on a 4-point likert scale, with a maximum possible score of 44 for 11 items (actual score range 16 to 39)
^cSelf esteem was estimated using a modified version of the Rosenberg scale, including 7 out of 10 items in the original scale, with a maximum possible score of 28 (actual score range 15–28)
^dBody image score was estimated using a self-reported Body Image State Scale (BISS) with 5 of the original 6 items on a 5-point likert scale with a maximum possible score of 25 (actual range to 12–25)

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