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Direct linkSchmidt, 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
Download full textSena Seçil Akpinarli; Salih Levent Turan – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
Biology, a living science, is known as a balance and complement among other branches of science. Just like the science of biology, biology as a course also plays a very important role among other courses at all school types and grades. It is thought that the adults of the future should not be deprived of knowledge in the field of biology and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Biology, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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
Rhodes, Scott D.; Alonzo, Jorge; Mann-Jackson, Lilli; Song, Eunyoung Y.; Tanner, Amanda E.; Garcia, Manuel; Smart, Benjamin D.; Baker, Logan S.; Eng, Eugenia; Reboussin, Beth A. – Health Education Research, 2020
The Latinx population in the United States is disproportionately affected by HIV. Our community-based participatory research partnership developed, implemented and evaluated a Spanish-language peer navigation intervention designed to increase HIV testing and condom use among social networks of immigrant Spanish-speaking Latinx gay, bisexual and…
Descriptors: Peer Counseling, Intervention, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention
Johnson, Erika K. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2017
This study explores how positive media messages about sex can lead to better sexual health among young adults (college students at a large university, N = 228) by de-emphasizing sensation seeking, condom embarrassment, and stigma. Employing social learning theory and normative influence frameworks, the research found that college-age women had…
Descriptors: College Students, Males, Females, Disease Control
Maziarz, Lauren N.; Dake, Joseph A.; Glassman, Tavis – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
In the United States, sex education in schools varies significantly across districts. Many schools operate without state-guided health education curricula, leaving decisions up to individual districts. The purpose of this study was to explore what type of sex education is being offered in U.S. high schools in addition to assessing the frequency of…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Contraception, Comprehensive School Health Education
Cooper, Spring C.; Davies, Cristyn; McBride, Kate; Blades, Joanna; Stoney, Tanya; Marshall, Helen; Skinner, S. Rachel – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: Australia has implemented a nation-wide programme providing a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to girls and boys through school-based programmes. Previous research has identified three distinct areas for attention: (1) lack of understanding about HPV and HPV vaccination, (2) young people's desire for involvement in decision-making…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Microbiology, Intervention, Adolescents
Lan, Chiao-Wen; Lightfoot, Alexandra; Gere, David; Taboada, Arianna; Meyer, Kristin; Harwood, Jessica; Milburn, Norweeta G. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2019
Theater-based approaches have been implemented globally as a health education and behavior change strategy for decades. Studies have shown that live theater performances can engage an audience and influence the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of audience members. Moreover, literature has shown that adolescents find theater-based interventions…
Descriptors: High School Students, Sex Education, Health Promotion, Peer Teaching
Demissie, Zewditu; Clayton, Heather B.; Dunville, Richard L. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
Sexual health education, including HIV prevention information, can help prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. National Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2011 and 2013 were used to determine HIV education prevalence among 9,825 currently sexually active students in grades 9-12. Associations between HIV education and…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Contraception, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Fair, Alexandra – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2018
From its beginning in 1885, the Hull House was beacon for social progress and urban reform. Founders Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr recruited talented, passionate partners from diverse fields to address issues from street sanitation to education in Chicago's immigrant communities. Among residents' many projects, their involvement in the…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Educational History, Contraception
Herrman, Judith W.; Kelley, Andrea; Haigh, Katherine M. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2017
Teens' own thoughts on fostering safe sexual practice are important perspectives in promoting adolescent sexual health yet are relatively absent in the literature. This focus group study explored teens' perceptions about the supports and challenges that exist as teens strive to engage in healthy sexual practices. Seventy-five teens participated in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Sex Education, Sexuality
Spain, Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Nearly 50% of all new sexually transmitted infections were found in teen and young adult populations in 2015, with the number of new infections expected to keep rising. This study evaluated the knowledge and opinions of university students to determine if changes should be made to the current sexual health education curricula utilized in high…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Adolescents, College Students, Health Education
Navas-Iannini, Ana Maria; Pedretti, Erminia – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2017
In this article, we explore how visitors engage with a science museum exhibit that displays controversial topics. Through a case study methodology, we focus on the Brazilian exhibit "Preventing Youth Pregnancy" that delves into teen pregnancy, sexual practices, and sexually transmitted diseases. Using the lens of science communication…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Adolescents, Exhibits, Museums
Kalke, Kerstin M.; Ginossar, Tamar; Shah, Sayyed Fawad Ali; West, Andrew J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Mobile applications ("apps") designed for sexual health education have the potential to reach teens and young adults that are hard to reach through traditional platforms; however, little is known about availability of these apps and their adherence to existing guidelines. Following a search on the two major app stores, data from 2,693…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Content Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices
