NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 76 to 90 of 630 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zamboni, Brian; Bezek, Katelyn – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
Sexual health topics are not well-covered in US medical schools. Research has not typically asked medical students what sexual health topics they would like addressed and their preferred methods of sexual health education. This study attempted to address this deficit via an online survey of medical students at an institution where little sexual…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Health Education, Sex Education, Sexuality
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lowry, Richard; Robin, Leah; Kann, Laura – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: Previous research on associations between early sexual debut and other health risk behaviors has not examined the effect of forced sexual intercourse on those associations. Methods: We analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of 19,240 high school students in the United States, age =16 years, to describe the effect of…
Descriptors: Sexuality, High School Students, Late Adolescents, Health Behavior
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jerlström, Charlotta; Adolfsson, Annsofie – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
The aim of the study was to evaluate if an intervention including theater in school sex education affects students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding condom use in Sweden. The study was a cluster randomized controlled trial. The intervention group got a play, value exercises, chlamydia games, condom school, and interactive replay with…
Descriptors: Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Intervention, Sexuality
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Pagano, Maria E.; Maietti, Candice M.; Levine, Alan D. – Grantee Submission, 2015
A small portion of Americans account for a disproportionate amount of the incidences of sexually transmitted infection observed over a short period of time. Studies with adults have begun to characterize this population, yet there is very little data on adolescent sexually transmitted infection repeaters (STIR). This study explores characteristics…
Descriptors: Risk, Disease Incidence, Substance Abuse, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Housman, Jeff M.; Wilson, Kelly L.; Wiley, David C. – Health Educator, 2018
School-based sexuality education provides a means of disseminating valuable information about decision making and avoidance of risky behaviors that may result in an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted infection; however, effective teacher training is required for efficacious sexuality education programs. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Workshops, Attitude Change, Evidence Based Practice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Boyer, Cherrie B.; Greenberg, Lauren; Korelitz, James; Harper, Gary W.; Stewart-Campbell, Rachel; Straub, Diane; Sanders, Renata; Reid, Lisa-Henry; Futterman, Donna; Lee, Sonia; Ellen, Jonathan M. – Youth & Society, 2019
Few studies have examined sexual partnerships and HIV risk in diverse samples of African American/Black and Hispanic/Latino adolescent and young adult men who have sex with men (YMSM), a group that have a high burden of HIV in the United States. A community-venue recruitment approach was used, which identified significant differences in HIV risk…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Risk, Homosexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Barabe, Teresa Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Rural areas have a higher teen pregnancy rate when compared to national averages; research indicates that adolescents in rural areas are more likely to have had sex and less likely to use contraception compared to teenagers in metropolitan areas, highlighting a need for better interventions. Although effective school-based programs have been…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Sex Education, Parents as Teachers, Parent Role
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Adesina, Modupe Olutayo – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper attempted to look at the Trado-cultural practices in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is virus that gradually attack and weaken the body immune system, whose task is to fight off infections and illness. Eventually, the body loses its ability to fight off and defend itself and thereby become…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Foreign Countries, Communicable Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Paschen-Wolff, Margaret M.; Greene, Madelyne Z.; Hughes, Tonda L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Although sexual minority women (SMW) are at risk for cervical cancer and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), they may not seek preventative sexual and reproductive health care at the same rates as their heterosexual peers. We conducted a qualitative descriptive study of 22 adult SMW, a subsample of participants enrolled in the Chicago Health…
Descriptors: Females, Minority Groups, At Risk Persons, Cancer
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing; Kteily-Hawa, Roula; Chambers, Lori A.; Hari, Shriya; Vijaya, Chikermane; Suruthi, Ragulan; Islam, Shazia; Vahabi, Mandana – Health Education Research, 2019
Story-based learning is well recognized as an effective strategy for adult health education. However, there is a scarcity of research on story-based health education among women in South Asian diasporic communities. To address this gap, we undertook a pilot study in Toronto to explore how South Asian women respond to the use of fact-based and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Health Behavior, Asians
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Blaisdell, Amanda J.; Olsen, Larry K. – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Health educators in public high schools can provide educational interventions to reduce teen unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Characteristics of teachers and schools influence their decision to provide condom education. Studies to determine characteristics must be conducted so HIV/sex education can be…
Descriptors: Barriers, Sexuality, Health Education, Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Koren, Ainat; Marchburn, Coutney – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: Adolescents' unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections have a significant impact on the individuals themselves and on society. Peer leaders are students trained to become role models and leaders who promote positive behaviour change in their schools and community. A few studies have examined the effects of taking the role…
Descriptors: Early Parenthood, Adolescents, Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  ...  |  42