School-based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is the best approach to disseminate scientific evidence and promote healthier sexual behaviours among young people. However, in Italy, CSE is not included in schools curricula. This study, funded by the Ministry of Health, seeks to investigate ...
We surveyed 336 teachers in elementary and middle schools in New Brunswick to assess their attitudes towards sexual health education (SHE) the importance they assign to sexual health topics their knowledge about and comfort teaching these topics and the grade at which they think these topics should...
An intensive sexual health education programme in schools had only a small effect on reported sexual behaviors among African adolescents and no effect on the prevalence of HIV and genital herpes (HSV2) 9 years after the start of the intervention. This was despite evidence of some long-term effe...
School-based adolescent sexual health education in the United States has long served as a means of combating emotional and physical threats to the well-being of youth. However, this sex education has since its inception marginalized the experiences and health concerns of lesbian, gay, and bisexual...
D. (2004). Sexual health education: Attitudes, knowledge and comfort of teachers in New Brunswick schools. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 13(1), 1-15.Cohen JN, Byers ES, Sears HA, Weaver AD. Sexual health education: attitudes, knowledge, and comfort of teachers in New Brunswick...
To characterize current lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI +) health-related undergraduate medical education (UME) curricular content and associated changes since a 2011 study and to determine the frequency and extent of
However, there appears to be no research to suggest that school nurses are the most appropriate healthcare professional to competently assist with sexual health education in schools. The aim of this study is to explore the knowledge and attitudes of teachers and pupils regarding their school nurse...
There is also potential to integrate these findings into the RSE programme implemented in secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland. RSE is delivered as part of Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE), and SPHE is designed to be situated within a ‘whole school’ approach. Such an app...
Education and Treatment in Human Sexuality: The Training of Health Professionals. Report of a WHO Meeting. World Health Organization Technical Report Serie... This report emphasizes that the purpose of sexual health care should be the enhancement of life and personal relationships, and that awareness...
Not yet good enough: Personal, social, health and economic education in English schools in 2012. London: The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. Retrieved from http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/not-yet-good-enough-personal-social-health-and-economic-education-...