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Direct linkPineau, Pablo; Frechtel, Ignacio – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2022
This article discusses the connections between health, illness and education from a historical perspective, aiming at providing clues for understanding these relationships that, as demonstrated in recent global events, cannot be analyzed separately. Over the centuries, societies have always found different ways of educating their new generations…
Descriptors: Educational History, Diseases, Pandemics, Foreign Countries
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
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
Smith, Sharla; Platt, Joey M.; Clifford, Daniel; Preston, Michael; Satterwhite, Catherine; Kelly, Patricia J.; Ramaswamy, Megha – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
School nurses are often sources of health-care support for teens with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies. However, providing prevention (e.g., condoms) and teaching technical skills (e.g., condom use) needed to reduce high-risk sexual behavior may require a change in perceptions and policies. This study used a…
Descriptors: Contraception, School Nurses, Prevention, Pregnancy
Download full textMoser-Mercer, Barbara – Research-publishing.net, 2020
In this UniCollaboration plenary session, Barbara Moser-Mercer speaks on setting up education classrooms in refugee camps with University of Geneva students. She starts off with a video which speaks to the virtual exchange idea and how students from the University of Geneva are working together with students in Macau and how that could be…
Descriptors: Refugees, Emergency Shelters, Universities, Video Technology
McLaughlin, Colleen; Swartz, Sharlene – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
Despite recent progress in meeting the goals of the Education for All agenda, certain groups of young people are particularly vulnerable to exclusion and underachievement, including children with HIV/AIDS, children living in poverty, and children with disabilities. HIV/AIDS has reduced many young people's rights to access education, to live a full…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Qualitative Research, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Disabilities
The Role of Public Schools in HIV Prevention: Perspectives from African Americans in the Rural South
Lloyd, Stacey W.; Ferguson, Yvonne Owens; Corbie-Smith, Giselle; Ellison, Arlinda; Blumenthal, Connie; Council, Barbara J.; Youmans, Selena; Muhammad, Melvin R.; Wynn, Mysha; Adimora, Adaora; Akers, Aletha – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2012
Though African-American youth in the South are at high risk for HIV infection, abstinence until marriage education continues to be the only option in some public schools. Using community-based participatory research methods, we conducted 11 focus groups with African-American adults and youth in a rural community in North Carolina with high rates…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), African Americans, Public Schools, Participatory Research
Ikramullah, Erum; Manlove, Jennifer – Child Trends, 2008
Teens in the United States have high rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and recent data indicate that U.S. teens are engaging in riskier sexual behaviors. Male adolescents can help to lower these rates and risks by using condoms consistently with their sexual partners. Child Trends drew on national survey…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy, Adolescents
Sivaram, Sudha; Zelaya, Carla; Srikrishnan, A. K.; Latkin, Carl; Go, V. F.; Solomon, Suniti; Celentano, David – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2009
Stigma against persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) is a barrier to seeking prevention education, HIV testing, and care. Social capital has been reported as an important factor influencing HIV prevention and social support upon infection. In the study, we explored the associations between social capital and stigma among men and women who are…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Foreign Countries
Attawell, Kathy; Elder, Katharine – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006
Although there is a need for enhanced evidence-based information on successful HIV and AIDS education interventions, much has already been learnt about good practices and policies in the education sector's response to the pandemic. This booklet, to be used in tandem with others in the series, aims to further expand our knowledge by highlighting…
Descriptors: Health Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Teacher Education
Peer reviewedPridmore, Pat; Yates, Chris – Comparative Education Review, 2005
This article examines the potential for open, distance, and flexible learning (ODFL) to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people. Based on experience from a field study in Mozambique and South Africa, the authors show how ODFL can support and extend the work of existing infrastructures supporting vulnerable youth. As neighboring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Open Education, Communicable Diseases
