Abstract
Abstract Research has indicated that while information for young women on breast self-examination (BSE) and pap smears often had been readily available, little information had been available to young men about testicular self-examination (TSE). This lack of information was of particular concern to health professionals and educators who work with young men. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of modeling and guided practice as components within a comprehensive testicular self-examination educational program for high school males. One hundred fifty-one tenth grade males from 10 health education classes participated in this study during the fall, 1988 semester at two southern suburban high schools. The independent variable was membership in one of three treatment groups. Dependent variables were knowledge of testicular cancer, comfort in doing TSE, and frequency of self-reported TSE. This study found that modeling and guided practice were significant factors in relation to comfortability in d...
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