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Direct linkSweet, Paige L.; Glenn, Maya C. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
This article suggests ways to teach teenagers about their right to complex personhood in relationships in a way that honours the psychological complexities of intimacy, as well as teenagers' wisdom as people already 'in' relationships. Recognition of students' complex personhood entails attention to two dimensions: (1) the emotional ambiguities,…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Adolescents, Intimacy, Self Concept
Ellie Bostwick Andres; Edmond Pui Hang Choi; Alice Wai Chi Fung; Kevin Wing Chung Lau; Neda Hei Tung Ng; Monique Yeung; Janice Mary Johnston; Lai Ming Ho – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
This study evaluated the effects of a comprehensive school-based sexuality education programme in enhancing sexual health knowledge and understanding among adolescents, parents and school personnel in six secondary schools in Hong Kong. Study outcomes were evaluated through pre- and post-tests. A total of 1588 students, 40 parents and 271 school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Health Promotion, Outcomes of Education
Maram Almutairi; Erin Hunter – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Lack of sexual health knowledge among Saudi Arabian adolescents suggests the need for investigation into the sexual health education curriculum provided in schools. This study explored the dominant ideologies that shape sexual health education discourse in Saudi Arabia. To date, there have been few analyses of the ideologies underpinning Saudi…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Ideology, Discourse Analysis
Chinelli, Alice; Salfa, Maria Cristina; Cellini, Andrea; Ceccarelli, Luca; Farinella, Massimo; Rancilio, Laura; Galipò, Rosario; Meli, Paolo; Camposeragna, Antonella; Colaprico, Ludovica; Oldrini, Massimo; Ubbiali, Marco; Caraglia, Anna; Martinelli, Domenico; Mortari, Luigina; Palamara, Anna Teresa; Suligoi, Barbara; Tavoschi, Lara – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Comprehensive sexuality education is an important means of promoting sexual well-being amongst young people and is key to preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, sexuality education is not currently included in the formal curriculum in Italian schools. The aim of this study was to develop an inventory of school-based sexuality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Curriculum, Prevention
Andrew Porter; Spring Cooper; Ashley Falcon; Megan Piller; Ritika Modi; Emily Hawver – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2025
The lack of accurate and comprehensive sexual health education in the USA persists as a pressing public health issue. The Sex Wrap (TSW) is a multimedia sexual health podcast and social media presence that educates followers on sexual health and ancillary themes such as sexuality, relationships and communication. TSW's Instagram account repackages…
Descriptors: Social Media, Photography, Visual Aids, Handheld Devices
Begley, Thelma; Daly, Louise; Downes, Carmel; De Vries, Jan; Sharek, Danika; Higgins, Agnes – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
This paper reports on findings from an integrative literature review of evaluation studies undertaken into sexual health promotion preparation programmes aimed at professionals with a sexual health promotion remit. Using a pre-defined search strategy, inclusion criteria and PRISMA guidelines, databases were systematically searched. Studies were…
Descriptors: Training, Sex Education, Health Promotion, Knowledge Level
Yvonne Allsop; Arianna Black; Eric M. Anderman – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Sexual health education should meet the needs of all students. One strategy educators can use to ensure instruction meets students' needs is to encourage the submission of anonymous questions, allowing students to gain information without fear of instructor or peer reactions. We investigated anonymous questions submitted by middle school…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Middle School Students, Health Education
Lovell, Camille Collins; Valdez, Elizabeth Salerno; Chan, Jazmine; Beatriz, Elizabeth; Gubrium, Aline – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Efforts to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) inequities often aim to improve school-based sexuality education and reduce individual risk behaviours. Structural determinants are more rarely the focus of interventions. The youth service providers who formed the community advisory board for this community-based participatory…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexuality, Sex Education, Health Promotion
D'Costa, Belinda; Lobo, Roanna; Ward, James – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Past efforts to address endemic rates of sexually transmissible infections amongst young Aboriginal people living in remote/very remote Australian communities have had limited success. Peer education has been used in youth sexual health promotion but has received limited evaluation and has not been tested in remote Aboriginal settings. The Young…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Sex Education, Cultural Awareness, Sexuality
Heslop, Carl W.; Burns, Sharyn; Lobo, Roanna – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
This paper examines the provision of youth targeted Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) and sexual health interventions in the rural Australian context by examining the perspectives and experiences of a range of community stakeholders. Sixteen participants undertook one-on-one semi structured interviews. Four key themes emerged from the…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Sexuality, Community Health Services, Rural Areas
McKee, Alan – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
The "Girlfriend Guide to Life" was a commercial entertainment product co-edited by an entertainment producer and an academic researcher to reach 14-17-year olds with information they wanted to know about sexual health, in language, genres and designs that they wanted. Entertainment-Education is a familiar approach to distributing…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Adolescents, Sexuality, Health Promotion
Burns, Melanie C. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
Condom use among Australian adolescents has been shown to be variable, despite good knowledge among this group about sexual health risks and the promotion of condoms as a simple way to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections. This study explores dominant constructions of condom use within two Australian lifestyle magazines targeted…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Behavior, Periodicals, Health Promotion
Ming, Julian; Kelty, Erin; Martin, Karen – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
In remote and very remote Australia, young people engage youth workers in sexual health discussions, often out of necessity due to low access to health services. Youth workers' and youth service managers' perspectives on these interactions and the sexual health training they receive are poorly understood. In this study, youth workers and youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Sexuality, Health Promotion
Wikström, Erika; Eriksson, Eva-Maria; Lindroth, Malin – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
This paper describes the implementation of an educational intervention to enhance sexual health among homeless people by including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as a part of social work provision with this group. Adult service users in different forms of temporary accommodation were provided with the opportunity to participate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Homeless People, Civil Rights
Hendry, Natalie A.; Brown, Graham; Carman, Marina; Ellard, Jeanette; Wallace, Jack; Dowsett, Gary W. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
Young adults, aged 18-30 years, are disproportionally mentioned in sexually transmissible infection surveillance data both in Australia and internationally. This contributes to categorising young adults as an 'at risk' group in health policy. How young adults are framed in policy, and what informs this, have direct implications for policy…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Disproportionate Representation, At Risk Persons
