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Direct linkJeffrey L. Hurst; Laura Widman; Julia Brasileiro; Anne J. Maheux; Reina Evans-Paulson; Sophia Choukas-Bradley – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
While most parents support their adolescents receiving school-based sex education, there is variability in which sex education topics receive the most support from parents. Conservative political orientation and greater religiosity have been independently associated with parents' lack of support for school-based sex education; however, no studies…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Sex Education, Religious Factors
Yuri Akizuki; Shoko Kusunoki; Eri Maeda – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
This study aimed to assess the fertility knowledge of Japanese education undergraduates who plan to become schoolteachers and examine related factors. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted with 252 first-year education undergraduates at a Japanese university. The Cardiff Fertility Knowledge Scale (CFKS) was used to measure fertility…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Sex Education
Cook, Simon M.; Grozdanovski, Laura; Renda, Gianni; Santoso, Devy; Gorkin, Robert; Senior, Kate – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
This paper describes the process of engaging young people in a user centred, co-design strategy to define their perfect condom. Our aims were 1) to find a way to destigmatise discussions about sexuality and contraception and 2) to provide information about what characteristics a perfect condom might embody for adolescents. We used arts-based…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Behavior, Adolescents, Contraception
Davies, Cristyn; Burns, Kellie – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Drawing on curriculum examples from Australia and Canada, we outline three key elements to support the development school-based HPV vaccination literacy for young people: (1) knowledge and understanding about HPV and HPV vaccination; (2) the scientific principles underpinning vaccination; and (3) the socio-political factors influencing HPV…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Sex Education
Odenbring, Ylva; Lindén, Lisa – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Since autumn 2020, boys in the fifth year of school (11-year-old students) in Sweden have been offered human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for free. Drawing from individual interviews with 21 school nurses working in primary schools in one of Sweden's regions, the aim of this study was to explore nurses' strategies and experiences of informing…
Descriptors: Males, Grade 5, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs
Grossman, Jennifer M.; Jones, Charnell; Richer, Amanda M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
The protective effects of talk with parents about sex in delaying sex and reducing young people's risky sexual behaviour may extend from adolescence to emerging adulthood. However, little is known about the content and process of this communication, or how parents and their emerging adult children perceive their conversations about sex and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Sexuality, Risk Management, Interpersonal Communication
Seiler-Ramadas, Radhika; Mosor, Erika; Omara, Maisa; Grabovac, Igor; Schindler, Karin; Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas; Dorner, Thomas E. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
Relatively few studies have identified the means to improve the quality of sex education in schools. This study aimed to qualitatively investigate whether sex education in Austria facilitates the development of adolescent sexuality and awareness of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and highlights practical ideas that could help achieve a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Adolescents
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
Peter Kisaakye; Patricia Ndugga; Elizabeth Kwagala; Martin Kayitale Mbonye; Fred Ngabirano; Stephen Ojiambo Wandera – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
Parent-child communication concerning sexual and reproductive health (SRH) has significant potential to reduce children's risky sexual behaviour. Despite these benefits, few parents communicate with their children about SRH issues in Uganda. Using multi-stage stratified sampling in a cross-sectional survey, we estimated the prevalence and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Foreign Countries, Birth
Satterthwaite Muresianu, Emma; Weinstock, Rachel E.; Arams, Ryan; Vorawandthanachai, Thammatat; Ferrera, Alexander; Forero, Juan Pablo; Torres Maita, Yumarlin; Dolan, Siobhan M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Since the introduction of the HPV vaccine in Chile in 2014, there have been few studies exploring parental perspectives on the vaccine or on adolescent sex and sexuality education, and even fewer exploring fathers' perspectives. Subsequent to an earlier study of Chilean mothers' attitudes towards the HPV vaccine and adolescent sexual health and…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Immunization Programs
Tshomo, Ugyen; Sherab, Kezang; Howard, John – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
Sex and sexual health remain taboo topics in Bhutan. Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) are still associated with social stigma, embarrassment and denial, and knowledge of sexual health among young people does not equate to safer practice. This study employed longitudinal survey method to explore the level of trainee teachers' knowledge,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
Evelia, Humphres; Watson, Katherine; Billowitz, Marissa; Kivuvani, Mwikali; Amina, Judy; Both, Rosalijn; Araque, Heidy – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Peer education is a widely used strategy in sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programmes for young people, yet measurement of its effectiveness often focuses on a narrow set of outcomes. This qualitative study explored how peer education was integrated into the "Get Up, Speak Out for Youth Rights!" (GUSO) programme in Kisumu…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Sex Education, Program Effectiveness
Lim, Megan S. C.; Roode, Kirsten; Davis, Angela C.; Wright, Cassandra J. C. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
Policymakers are considering initiatives to reduce potential harms of pornography, including educational and legislative approaches. In determining the appropriateness of policies, however, it is important to consider community attitudes. We conducted an online survey with a convenience sample of 1272 young people aged 15-29 in Australia,…
Descriptors: Censorship, Pornography, Violence, Sexual Abuse
O'Malley, Teagen L.; Horowitz, Katie Rose; Burke, Jessica G. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Comprehensive sexual health education is critical for the prevention of STIs and unintended pregnancy among young people. Yet, increasing barriers to comprehensive sexual health education in classroom settings underscore the importance of youth-friendly technologies to address sexual health among young people. "It's OK to Ask Someone"…
Descriptors: Health Education, Sex Education, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Taylor, Shira B.; Calzavara, Liviana; Kontos, Pia; Schwartz, Robert – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Despite rising rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and inequitable access to education and services, few studies have addressed the unique sex education needs of newcomer youth in Canada and other increasingly demographically diverse Western countries. This study involved the design, implementation and evaluation of a novel and…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Theater Arts, Cultural Relevance, Empowerment
