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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
Massicotte, Leslie M. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
Many sexuality educators in the United States have noted that current sex education models do not meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body, and they have begun advocating for anti-racist sex education. Many sexuality instructors, however, work in public schools that require the use of prevention-focused, evidence-based sexuality…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Student Diversity, Racism, Public Schools
Mertoglu, Hatice – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2019
This research aims to determine science student teachers' views and conceptions of the interdisciplinary sexual health education course. Also, the current study inferiorly purposes to eliminate their misconceptions after the course. Data were obtained from in-class student products, course evaluation forms and course field notes. Within a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes, Interdisciplinary Approach
Maras, Elly Q.; Thomas, Mark; Burkart, Chase – Communique, 2021
No other facet of curriculum has stoked as much debate in schools across the United States as sexuality education (Corngold, 2013). However, it is now the widely held consensus that some form of sexuality education should be implemented in public schools. The "Professional Standards of the National Association of School Psychologists"…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Public Schools, School Psychologists, Role
Lopez, Sonia; Aranda, Veronica – Journal of Extension, 2020
The Off to a Good Start: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Development of Youth Grades 5-8 (OTAGS) curriculum provides students with a foundation for future sex education. The curriculum consists of three modules covering puberty, healthful relationships, and HIV and sexually transmitted infections. University of Illinois Extension educators taught…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 5
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
Saftner, Melissa A.; Pruitt, Kelsey S.; McRee, Annie-Laurie – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Communication with sexual partners about protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is associated with safer sexual behaviors among general populations of youth, but little is known about partner communication among American Indian youth. We assessed the prevalence of adolescents' communication with sexual partners about STI…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior
Marshall, Vanessa J.; McLaurin-Jones, TyWanda L.; Lashley, Maudry-Beverley – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2022
Sexually transmitted infections among college students are a major public health concern and disproportionately impact minority students. The purpose of this study is to examine perceptions, expectations, and preferences for university-based interventions to increase condom negotiating skills among African American college women. One hundred women…
Descriptors: African American Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Preferences
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
Tabaac, Ariella R.; Benotsch, Eric G.; Agénor, Madina; Austin, S. Bryn; Charlton, Brittany M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
The objective of this study was to examine the association between sexual orientation and seeking/receiving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information from media sources during adolescence. We analysed data from male and female participants (aged 23-35 years) from the U.S.-based Growing Up Today Study (GUTS) in 2016. Sex-stratified,…
Descriptors: Sexual Orientation, Information Seeking, Birth, Sexuality
Gabster, Amanda; Cislaghi, Beniamino; Pascale, Juan Miguel; Francis, Suzanna C.; Socha, Eliana; Mayaud, Philippe – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Indigenous adolescents and young people in Panama are at high-risk for sexually transmitted infections, due in part to limited access to condoms and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education. There is a paucity of evidence on how to develop sexual and reproductive health education programmes that incorporate different sources of…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, American Indians, Culturally Relevant Education
Andrzejewski, Jack; Pampati, Sanjana; Johns, Michelle M.; Sheremenko, Ganna; Lesesne, Catherine; Rasberry, Catherine N. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Transgender adolescents are at increased risk for negative sexual health outcomes compared to their cisgender peers. Methods: Using data from 10,231 students from 7 high schools in a large, urban school district, our analysis compared sexual behaviors, referral to sexual health services by school staff, and use of sexual health…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Referral, Health Services, Sex Education
Zori, Gaia L.; Collins, Sarah L.; Walker, Ashby F. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
Internet-based platforms present vital new venues for sex education. However, research is limited on the ways adolescents utilize these resources, particularly within user-generated content contexts. This study assesses the sexual health content adolescents seek online through a qualitative, directed content analysis of 365 user-generated posts in…
Descriptors: Internet, Access to Information, Information Seeking, Adolescents
Maness, Sarah B.; Wilson, Kelly L.; Thompson, Erika L.; Rosen, Brittany L.; Zingg, Taylor – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
In the USA, persons of Hispanic ethnicity experience higher rates of adolescent pregnancy and STIs than non-Hispanic white youth and there exists a lack of research concerning the sexuality education preferences of Hispanic adolescents. This study describes sexual health education preferences by Hispanic ethnicity among a high-risk sample of young…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, At Risk Persons, Puberty