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Direct linkSperling, Jenny – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2023
Continuing to negate deficit framings of youth sexuality and amplify youth voices, this critical queer ethnography understands California high school students' experiences with comprehensive school-based sex education. Findings make visible the detailed account of youth voices in the space of sexual health education, highlighting their agency,…
Descriptors: High School Students, LGBTQ People, Ethnography, Sex Education
Sons, Ashley; Eckhardt, Ann L. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: College students make many important decisions related to sexual health, but little is known about their reproductive health knowledge. The purpose of the study was to examine health literacy and knowledge of female reproduction, contraception, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in college students. Participants: Undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Knowledge Level, Females, Birth
Bond, Keosha T.; Mansour, Maikel; Kershaw, Trace; Flores, Dalmacio D. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
Despite growing evidence that parent-child sex communication (PCSC) is a positive strategy for adolescent sexual health outcomes, there is little research about what prompts and impedes these conversations among parents of gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) adolescent sons. Using interview data from a multi-method qualitative study, we analyzed…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sons, LGBTQ People, Barriers
Abby Marshall; Grace Mackson; Farnaz Kaighobadi; Neal D. Hoffman; Adam Ciarleglio; Theo G. M. Sandfort – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
This study explored sexual orientation and gender identity as predictors of health literacy among adolescents attending New York City (NYC) public high schools. Many studies have demonstrated disparities in sexual health among sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents. However, little is known about their health literacy. Health literacy,…
Descriptors: Health, Knowledge Level, Health Behavior, LGBTQ People
Hayley McGlashan Fainu; Jean M. Uasike Allen – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2024
In this article, we draw on findings from two critical ethnographic studies across three high schools in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. While the critical ethnographies canvased a range of topics, this article draws on the empirical findings specific to exploring how relationships and sexuality education as a key learning area within Health…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders, Resistance (Psychology), Colonialism
Emmalee A. Ford; Catherine Chojenta; Tanmay Bagade; Sally Sweeney; Jessie M. Sutherland – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Fertility information is an important component of comprehensive sexuality education, but the extent to which adolescents are taught or informed about fertility is unknown in Australia. This study examined knowledge of fertility using an anonymous, online survey of > 2,600 adolescents aged 15-18 across Australia. Respondents represented diverse…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Pregnancy, Knowledge Level
Thorpe, Shemeka; Hargons, Candice N.; Tanner, Amanda E.; Stevens-Watkins, Danelle – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2022
Black women have disproportionate rates of HIV compared to women of all other racial groups. The purpose of this analysis was to investigate perceived HIV risk, HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing behaviors, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) knowledge and attitudes among Black sexual minority women (SMW) and examine differences…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Disproportionate Representation, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Francis, Dennis A. – Teaching Sociology, 2021
Not only does teaching about gender and sexuality diversity lead to some very interesting and often emotionally evocative, pedagogical exchanges; it can also create challenging issues for teachers and students alike. This article focuses on what happens when a module that addresses compulsory heterosexuality and schooling is broached in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Sociology, Power Structure
Unis, Brian; Bjuresäter, Kaisa; Nilsson, Jan – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
The aim of this grounded theory study was to explore late-adolescents' process of sexual development along with their information- and support-seeking behaviors in a Swedish context. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with late-adolescents aged between 18 and 21 years in high schools in central Sweden. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Late Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Information Seeking
Chen, Yung-Hui; Jones, Cindy; Bannatyne, Amy – Educational Gerontology, 2020
This study aims to establish an understanding of (a) health-care professionals' knowledge and attitudes; and (b) tools used to assess sexuality in older people living with/(out) dementia and those identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or intersex (LGBTI) individuals. An integrative review of the literature, as registered on the PROSPERO…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Services, Health Personnel, Knowledge Level
Patterson, Susan; McDaid, Lisa; Hunt, Kate; Hilton, Shona; Flowers, Paul; McMillan, Lesley; Milne, Dona; Lorimer, Karen – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
Attitudes towards sexual health and relationships are learned from a young age, and there is an ongoing need for innovative and comprehensive approaches to sex education that keep pace with rapidly changing contexts of people's lives. We used thematic analysis of data from two qualitative studies in Scotland to explore learning contexts from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Sex Education, Gender Differences
Download full textCrothers, Laura M.; Kolbert, Jered B.; Wells, Daniel S.; Berbary, Casandra; Chatlos, Suzanne; Buzgon, Julie; Joseph, Matthew; Schmitt, Ara J.; Lattanzio, Latitia; Lipinski, John; Wadsworth, Jacob – Journal of School Counseling, 2021
A sample of sexual- and gender-minority students (n = 65; 51.6% female; 55.8% White; M age = 16.94 years) reported more peer victimization, lower academic achievement, and poorer perceptions of school safety as compared to their heterosexual allied peers. Sexual- and gender-minority students demonstrating higher levels of sexual activity and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Minority Group Students, LGBTQ People, Victims
Flores, Dalmacio; Docherty, Sharron L.; Relf, Michael V.; McKinney, Ross E.; Barroso, Julie V. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2019
Sex communication interventions facilitate positive sexual health outcomes with heterosexual adolescents. The same has yet to be established for male youth with same-sex attractions, behaviors, and identities. Our study describes the experiences of gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ)-identifying adolescent males with parent-child sex communication. We…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, LGBTQ People, Males
Cooper, Katelyn M.; Auerbach, Anna Jo J.; Bader, Jordan D.; Beadles-Bohling, Amy S.; Brashears, Jacqueline A.; Cline, Erica; Eddy, Sarah L.; Elliott, Deanna B.; Farley, Elijah; Fuselier, Linda; Heinz, Heather M.; Irving, Madison; Josek, Tanya; Lane, A. Kelly; Lo, Stanley M.; Maloy, Jeffrey; Nugent, Michelle; Offerdahl, Erika; Palacios-Moreno, Juan; Ramos, Jorge; Reid, Joshua W.; Sparks, Rachel A.; Waring, Ashley L.; Wilton, Mike; Gormally, Cara; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and otherwise nonstraight and/or non-cisgender (LGBTQ+) have often not felt welcome or represented in the biology community. Additionally, biology can present unique challenges for LGBTQ+ students because of the relationship between certain biology topics and their LGBTQ+…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, At Risk Students, Science Instruction, Biology
