Exploring the effectiveness of an online sexual health workshop on sexual and relationship beliefs and HIV/STI prevention knowledge among Singaporean youth.

In Singapore, sexual education programmes have traditionally placed strong focus on abstinence1; however, abstinence-only sexual education has shown to be ineffective in other settings.2 Here, we report on an online sexual health education workshop targeted to Singapore citizens or permanent residents 18–29 years old who identified as either women, heterosexual men, or gay, bisexual and queer (GBQ) men. Participants were targeted through the community-based organisation, Action for AIDS Singapore’s mailing list, and were able to register their interest for the workshop through an enrolment survey embedded in the invitation email. Participants were asked to provide documented informed consent prior to enrolment in the study, as well as before each survey. The module was conducted over Zoom for 2 hours. Content focused on building awareness and skills associated with recognising one’s sexual power or privilege and negotiating peer pressure in relationships and sexual partnerships, as well as knowledge on HIV and other STIs. Participants were invited to complete pre-workshop and post-workshop surveys to document the following outcomes: sexual communication self-efficacy , …