P-559 Attitudes and experiences regarding fertility education among health and physical education teachers and Yogo teachers in upper secondary schools in Japan.

Abstract Study question What are the attitudes/experiences of Japanese health and physical education teachers (HPETs) Yogo (YTs) in upper secondary schools (USSs) toward fertility education? Summary answer Twenty-three facts were considered; teachers’ perceptions need to teach USS students thoroughly high, while teaching experiences comparatively low. is known already In Japan, 2018 commentary on national curriculum standards for education, content was included first time. There very few studies schoolteachers who fertility, both nationally internationally. only one study has examined knowledge teachers, their found insufficient. No have identified awareness HPETs YTs* context revision guidelines. *YTs specially licensed Japan facilitate children’s development through schools. design, size, duration This designed as a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The target groups YTs working all 68 public USSs Kumamoto, Japan. Questionnaires mailed January 2020, targeted persons asked post completed three weeks; 145 (response rate; 53.3%) 46 (52.3%) participated this protocol approved by Ethics Committee (approval number: 28-10). Participants/materials, setting, methods We selected 23 facts. Teachers what should know graduation, whether experience, how much they understood these Simple aggregation carried out. To assess differences between YTs, chi-square analysis Mann–Whitney U test conducted. significance level set at 5%. Main results role chance our study, 122 (84.1%) men YT women. Fertility that over 70% believe graduation concerned “STIs”, “smoking”, “aging” “girls’ thinness or obesity” risk factors infertility, well “most fertile period within menstrual cycle”, “irregular menstruation”, “excessive exercise girls”, “reasons infertility” other On “PCOS endometriosis” showed greater motivation than (p<.05).For more half facts, significant identified. experienced about “women’s aging” “men’s infertility factors, infertility”, “frequency sperm production”, “risks advanced pregnancy”, “relationship pregnancy perinatal mortality” (p<.01). Meanwhile, effects menstruation” taught, despite many infertile couple”, “the incidence child’s disease male Limitations, reasons caution limitations participants prefecture return rate just 50%. Therefore, be taken when generalising general population YTs. Wider implications findings It suggested able conduct seminars materials such guidebooks online video must enable them understand based scientific evidence an ability appropriately. Trial registration number none