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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
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Hill, Julie C.; Graber, Julia A.; Jean-Baptiste, Esther; Johnson, Kelly J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
Adolescents' attitudes predict sexual behavior; therefore, attitudes are targeted in sexually transmitted infection (STI) and pregnancy prevention programs. However, attitudes and behaviors do not always align. Young adolescents who have had penile vaginal intercourse (PVI) and have attitudes supportive of PVI have two risk factors for future…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Rural Areas, Adolescent Attitudes, Prediction
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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
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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
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Manaseri, Holly; Roberts, Kelly D.; Barker, Linda Toms; Tom, Tammy – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: The US Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) funded studies of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention programs in 2010. The results of a 5-year OAH study conducted in the state of Hawai'i with middle school youth has implications for school leaders in the selection and implementation of comprehensive sex…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Middle School Students
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Adegboyega, Lateef Omotosho; Ayoola, Victoria Abake; Muhammed, Shuaib – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2019
Sexual development of the youth has increased in the society and public health concerns of all involved. This study investigated the influence of peer pressure on sexual behavior of undergraduates in Kwara State. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study as well as multi stage sampling procedure. A total of 395 undergraduates…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Sexuality, Undergraduate Students, Public Health
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Neimneh, Shadi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This article describes how Franz Kafka's correspondence with the Czech journalist and translator Milena Jesenská, from 1920 to 1923, documents the development of his illness, his fear of physical intercourse, and his consequent reliance on writing. Writing is exploited in this epistolary affair to replace both physical presence and physical love.…
Descriptors: Human Body, Sexuality, Journalism, Psychiatry
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Rotz, Dana; Goesling, Brian; Manlove, Jennifer; Welti, Kate; Trenholm, Christopher – Journal of School Health, 2018
Background: Teen Prevention Education Program (PEP) is a school-wide, peer-led comprehensive sexuality education program currently implemented in more than 50 schools across 2 states. Many teen pregnancy prevention researchers and practitioners view peer-led programs as a promising approach for reducing teen pregnancy and associated sexual risk…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods, Sex Education, Sexuality
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Habel, Melissa A.; Coor, Alexandra; Beltran, Oscar; Becasen, Jeffrey; Pearson, William S.; Dittus, Patricia – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: To describe the array of sexual health care services provided at US colleges and universities. Participants: During 2014-2015, 885 colleges were surveyed about their provision of sexual health services. Methods: 55% of colleges responded. Data were weighted and stratified by minority-serving institutions (MSIs), 2-year and 4-year…
Descriptors: Health Services, Colleges, Universities, Sexuality
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Houle, Brian; Angotti, Nicole; Clark, Samuel J.; Williams, Jill; Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier; Menken, Jane; Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa; Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin; Tollman, Stephen M. – Field Methods, 2016
Researchers are often skeptical of sexual behavior surveys: Respondents may lie or forget details of their intimate lives, and interviewers may exercise authority in how they capture responses. We use data from a 2010-2011 cross-sectional sexual behavior survey in rural South Africa to explore who says what to whom about their sexual lives.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Sexuality, Rural Areas
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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
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Ritchwood, Tiarney D.; Penn, Dolly; Peasant, Courtney; Albritton, Tashuna; Corbie-Smith, Giselle – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
This study examines the role of condom use knowledge and attitudes, and parent-teen communication about sex and relationship quality on reports of condom use self-efficacy among rural, African American youth. Participants were 465 North Carolinian youth (10-14 years). Results indicated that greater condom use self-efficacy was predicted by greater…
Descriptors: Rural Population, Early Adolescents, Self Efficacy, Adolescent Attitudes
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
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Su, Rui; Guo, Lingfeng; Tang, Honghong; Ye, Peixia; Zhang, Shen; Xiao, Yao; Liu, Wenli; Liu, Chao – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2020
Many studies have confirmed the positive effects of comprehensive sexuality education on the development of children's sexuality, such as the acquisition of sexual health knowledge. However, little is known about the impact of comprehensive sexuality education on children's social development, although several core aspects of the approach stress…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Social Development, Comparative Analysis
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Sidibe, Turquoise; Turner, Kea; Sparks, Alicia; Woods-Jaeger, Briana; Lightfoot, Alexandra – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
African Americans have the highest rate of new HIV infection in the United States. This photovoice study explored the perspectives and experiences of African American female youth and sought to understand how adolescent development impacts HIV risk. This study used the photovoice methodology with seven African American or Biracial female youth, in…
Descriptors: Females, African American Students, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents
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