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Published on: January 12, 2018
Using nominal technique to inform a sexual health program for black youth
Lucy Annang1, Lonnie Hannon, Faith E Fletcher
1Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. Lannang@sc.edu
Objectives:
To describe how nominal group technique (NGT) was used to inform the development of a sexual health education program for black high school youth in the South.
Methods:
NGT was used with a community advisory board (CAB) to obtain information regarding the key components of a sexual health program for youth in their community.
Results:
The CAB identified 5 priorities to include in the program: sex education, "keeping it real," responsibility/consequences, self-esteem, and female aggressiveness.
Conclusions:
Findings can be useful in modeling the successful use of NGT as a formative step toward developing health education programs for minority youth.
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