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Direct linkLotta Jämiä; Niina Piispanen; Jari Kylmä; Elina Haavisto; Eeva Harju – Journal of School Health, 2024
BACKGROUND: Schools play a significant role in adolescent sexual health (SH) promotion. Although adolescents' SH has improved, growing challenges still exist in some areas. Previous studies have noted a lack of knowledge about SH promotion implementation in school environments. The purpose of this review is to describe the contents, methods, and…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Adolescents, Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents
Sweet, 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
Samantha E. Lawrence; Ryan J. Watson; Amy L. Gower; G. Nic Rider; Kathryn Macapagal; Stephen T. Russell; Marla E. Eisenberg – Prevention Science, 2025
The objective of the present paper is to apply an intersectional lens to HIV prevention behavior disparities among LGBTQ+ adolescents across multiple social positions (racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities) and access to LGBTQ+-inclusive school resources (sex education and gender-sexuality alliances). Data are from the 2022 LGBTQ National…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, LGBTQ People, Adolescents
de Wit, Wouter; van Oorsouw, Wietske M. W. J.; Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Sexual health remains at risk for people with an intellectual disability. Attitudes towards sexuality, its support and education have an important role in promoting sexual health. The current review aims to provide an overview of the current research on supportive and restrictive attitudes towards sexuality and its support of people…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Intellectual Disability, Health Promotion, Sex Education
Bianca Faccio; Alison McClay; Krystle McConnell; Christopher Gates; Jane Finocharo; Julia Tallant; Valerie Martinez; Jennifer Manlove – Prevention Science, 2023
Many sexual health programs transitioned to virtual implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its devastation, the pandemic provided an opportunity to learn about virtual compared to in-person implementation of a sexual health promotion program--El Camino. This study assessed differences in program attendance, engagement, quality, and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Sex Education, High School Students, Health Promotion
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
Hui Zhou; Hanxiyue Zhang; Angela Y. Xiao; Lei Yu; Kun Tang – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Background: Preadolescents, who are in a transitional phase of development, may experience higher exposure to heterosexual interactions while facing higher risks regarding misinformation in sexual knowledge and unsafe engagement in sexual activities. There is a deficiency in the availability of qualified educators and age-appropriate teaching…
Descriptors: Animation, Sex Education, Preadolescents, Foreign Countries
Corie Gray; Gemma Crawford; Meagan Roberts; Daniel Vujcich – Health Education Research, 2024
Health communication is a critical component of public health, which includes health education resources. Resource effectiveness is improved where health literacy demands, including the cultural appropriateness of resources, match the intended audience. International guidelines support the tailoring of resources for migrants from culturally and…
Descriptors: Migrants, Health Education, Health Materials, Health Promotion
Daniel Hernández-Torrano; Kathelijne Bessems; Goof Buijs; Camille Lassalle; William Datema; Didier Jourdan – Health Education, 2025
Purpose: This study presents an overview of research literature on health promotion in schools, utilizing metadata extracted from 4,328 publications indexed in the Scopus database over the past 35 years. Design/methodology/approach: A bibliometric approach was used to analyze the development and current state of using publication and citation…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Educational Research, Mental Health, Physical Health
Karatana, Ozlem; Ergun, Ayse; Erol, Saime – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
College women are at more risk in terms of sexual behavior than male students. This study was carried out to determine the effect of the transtheoretical model-based Healthy Youth Program on college women's sexual health knowledge and behaviors. The sample of the study, which was conducted with a one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Sexuality, Health
Lunde, Hilde; Blaalid, Laila; Areskoug Josefsson, Kristina; Gerbild, Helle – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Norwegian social educator students' attitudes towards addressing sexual health are unknown, even if their future clients often have needs related to sexual issues. Purpose: To investigate social educator students' readiness to address sexual health in their future profession. Methods: In 2019, 213 social educator students (response…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Sex Education, Health Education
Snider, Laurel A.; Contino, Rosie; Simoni, Marisa; Talley, Jillian; Talapatra, Devadrita – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) have reduced access to sexuality education at school, tasking families with filling the gap. This limited access contributes to persistent health inequities, psychosocial risk, and reduced self-determination for individuals with ID. To understand the resources that families may encounter when filling…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Sexuality, Curriculum
Schmidt, Elizabeth K.; Beining, April; Hand, Brittany N.; Havercamp, Susan; Darragh, Amy – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities demonstrate disparities in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) compared to individuals without disabilities (e.g., lack of sexual education and knowledge, increased rates of abuse, unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections). Therefore, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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
