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Gevorgyan, Ruzanna; Schmidt, Elena; Wall, Martin; Garnett, Geoffrey; Atun, Rifat; Maksimova, Svetlana; Davidenko, Ludmila; Renton, Adrian – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2011
Objective: To investigate the attitudes of the main stakeholders towards the introduction of sex education in schools in Russia. Design: Qualitative semi-structured interview study. Setting: Altai Krai, Volgograd Oblast, Moscow, Russian Federation. Participants: One hundred and fifty-three interviews with Intersectoral HIV/AIDS Committee members,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Curriculum Design, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Ivakhnenko, G. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
Given the difficult social and economic situation in Russia, the lives and health of young people are getting increasingly worse, as can be seen from the data of state statistics. In this article, the author investigates the self-preservation aspect of the health of college students. The health of any social-demographic group has two…
Descriptors: Correlation, Diseases, Access to Health Care, Health Services
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Stothard, Blaine; Romanova, Olga; Ivanova, Larissa – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2007
Rates of sexually transmitted infections and HIV transmission in Russia remain high. Official attitudes do not yet appear to recognise fully their significance. There is increasing knowledge of the population's sexual behaviour and attitudes, including of young people, emerging from local and externally funded programmes. This is leading to…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Health Education, Sex Education, Drug Education
Kelley, R. Mark; Ball, Marcia; Cerullo, Jennie; Trunova, Elena – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2004
For several years, HIV infection has increasing rapidly in Eastern Europe and Russia (UNAIDS, 2000, 2003). The purpose of the study was to investigate the HIV and STD knowledge, sexual behaviors and drug taking behaviors of adolescents in southern Russia. The instrument was compiled by the authors, professionally translated, and pilot tested. Most…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Sexuality