Evaluation Question in Psychology

This document discusses the evaluation question of whether to incorporate sexual health education within the traditional curriculum or add extra time for it. It explores the strategies taken by schools, the impact of sexual health education on teens, and the need for additional funding. The document also evaluates the reduction in teen pregnancies, abortions, and STDs/STIs.

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Psychology
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Evaluation Question Indicator Source of Data
Are we replacing traditional
curriculum for sexual health
education or do we need to add
time to the curriculum for this?
Number of the schools in
Greenland has incorporated
sexual education within the
traditional curriculum
Attendance of students in the
sexual health education activity
incorporated within the school
schedule
Attendance of students in sexual
health education curriculum for
which extra time has been
allotted
Attendance logs
Survey report
Record reviews
Will additional funding be
needed for the media/social
media campaigns?
The amount of financial
resources invested by
government
The number of NGOs investing
for the campaigns
Record reviews
Government reports
Interviews with Greenlandic
NGOs

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Are there at risk teens that are
being missed due to not being
enrolled in school?
The effective result of sex
education in schools is lesser
than the expected outcome
Attendance logs
Was the educational information
and social media campaigns
targeted to the teen audience?
Number of teenagers in the total
number of visitors per day in
social media platforms
Number of teenagers in the total
number of participants in the
campaign
Site visits
Record reviews
How many youth were reached
by the new educational
materials?
Number of youths involved in
the campaigns
Number of youths adopting the
sexual health measures
Amount of decrement in STDs
and STIs in youth
Site visits
Observation
Interviews
Was there an increase in
contraceptive usage? Number of contraceptive sold per
Record reviews

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day
Amount of reduction in abortion
Number of bi-monthly screening
Review of data obtained from
shop
Was there an improvement in
teen knowledge after their sexual
health education was completed?
Amount of reduction in abortion
in teenagers
Amount of reduction in STDs
and STIs
Amount of reduction in
pregnancy in teenagers
Record reviews
Observation
Site visits
Has there been a decrease in teen
pregnancies, abortions, or STIs?
Number of teens opting for
abortion
Number of teen admitted in
hospitals for pregnancy issues
Number of teens admitted in
hospitals for STIs
Record reviews
Observation
Site visits
Table 1: Evaluation Table
Source (Created by Author)

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Justification:
In order to understand whether it will more beneficial to incorporate the sexual health
curriculum within the traditional curriculum or add extra time for this, it is highly crucial to
assess the strategies taken by majority of the schools (Harris 2016). Attendance of the students in
sexual health education activity in both the setting will also help the government to identify
which measure will be better. Data on the amount of financial resources invested by NGOs and
government will help to understand weather addition funding will be needed or not. Decrement
in pregnancy, abortion and STDs or STIs can be evaluated by assessing the total number of tens
admitted for the mentioned factors in hospitals.

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Reference List
Harris, M.J., 2016. Evaluating public and community health programs. John Wiley & Sons.