title: [Selection of peer educators for sex education program-based on data from social network analysis among college freshmen students].
abstract: Objective:Through combining the results from social network analysis and willingness of the key actors, peer educators for sex education among freshmen to select peer educators for sex education.Methods:Self-developed questionnaires were used to collect information on related demographics, egocentric social networks and whole class-based unit-network. Descriptive analysis was applied. UCINET 6 was used to conduct social network analysis and to draw the whole networking graphs.Results:Classmates appeared as the most important behavior intimate social network (95.8% claimed they could potentially borrow money from them, and 96.6% often went out with them) and were the most important members who could share privacy information with (91.6%) and consulting for private health information on (89.1%), among freshmen students in college. Finally, 17 freshmen were selected to have become peer educators, with 10 of them as the committee members in the class.Conclusion:Classmates formed the most important social network among freshmen students in college. Social network analysis could be used to help identify the suitable peer educators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine and Health Administration, School of Administration.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu 610017, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Students' Affairs, School of Medical Technology, School of University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine and Health Administration, School of Administration.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities