Challenges of Including Sex Education in the Life Orientation Programme Offered by Schools: The Case of Mahikeng, North West Province, South Africa Teenage pregnancy and the prevalence of HIV among school girls are very high in South Africa, despite the introduction of sexuality education in schools...
The aims of this study were to explore adolescents' levels of knowledge on sexual health issues and their views on the sex education they receive as part of their compulsory education. Twenty students from two schools completed a short questionnaire and participated in a focus group discussion. Th...
OBJECTIVE: To examine US public opinion on sex education in schools to determine how the public's preferences align with those of policymakers and research scientists. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: July 2005 through January 2006. PARTICIPANTS: Randomly selected nationally representative sample...
Research in the United States on the question of whether public single-sex education might be beneficial to males, females or a subset of either group (particularly disadvantaged youths) has been limited. However, because there has been a resurgence of single-sex schools in the public sector, ...
The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics of effective peer-led, school-based sex education programs for middle and high school students in Japan, highlighting training programs for peer educators, peer-led sex education programs and methods for evaluating such programs. The traini...
Seven public high schools in southeast Texas. A total of 948 public high school students (55.9% female) participated. The sample consisted of African American (26.6%), white (30.3%), Hispanic (31.7%), Asian (3.4%), and mixed/other (8.0%) teens. Having ever engaged in sexting behaviors....
Challenges of Including Sex Education in the Life Orientation Programme Offered by Schools: The Case of Mahikeng, North West Province, South Africa Teenage pregnancy and the prevalence of HIV among school girls are very high in South Africa, despite the introduction of sexuality education in schools...
1 Schools added sex education to school curricula in a variety of ways. The sex ed program was often added to existing classes—science, home economics, health or physical education, even English—and these programs were taught by teachers, guidance counselors, or nurses. Some high schools ...
not discussed.2 Similar to the New Jersey students and Cincinnati girls, female high schools students at a laboratory high school affiliated with the University of Florida commented favorably about their experiences of sex education in home economics, stating that "knowing the truth" eliminated fears...
58% had classes in junior high school; 56% reported high school classes. Only 5% had sex education every year in school. The focus of most programs was on AIDS abstinence and contraception. 68% of girls and only 48% of boys felt comfortable talking with their parents about sex. 71% of...