scholarly journals Who Is Who in the Teaching of Sex Education? A Lesson Learned from the 'Safuu' Oromo Tradition of East Africa

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Admasu Etefa Tucho
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
K 12

The 2020 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data show that there are a total of 130,930 k-12 public schools in the United States of America (U.S.A), serving approximately 48.1 million students. The demographic breakdown of the student population includes 22 million (45.7%) Whites; 13. Million (32 %) Hispanic; 17.2 million (14%) African American; 2.6 million (5.4%) Asian, 2.2 million (4.6%) students two or more races; and 0.4 million (0.8%) American Indian/ Alaska Native students. Adding sex education to the public school curriculum was primarily to make elementary and secondary school students aware of sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancy. Although comprehensive sexuality education has been operational in all 50 states for decades, the program's quality and comprehensiveness vary considerably from state to state due to a series of obstacles. The author of this article proposes an alternative or at least supplemental approach to the current comprehensive sex education.

scholarly journals Programming for HIV prevention in Mexican schools

2003 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Education ◽  
School Based ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Mexican Schools

As national education programs incorporate HIV prevention into school curriculums, policymakers and educators need to know what they can expect from these initiatives. Can such courses influence the behavior of students and improve their knowledge and attitudes? If not, what can these courses reasonably be expected to accomplish, and what part can they play in overall HIV programming for youth? To help answer these questions, the Mexican Institute of Family and Population Research (IMIFAP), the Mexican Ministry of Public Education (SEP), and the Horizons Program examined the effects of a school-based HIV-prevention program on Mexican secondary-school students. All public schools in Mexico must implement sexuality education and teacher-training programs, although the content is left to each state’s discretion. Students must pass this class just as they would other courses in the curriculum. With approval from SEP, a leading Mexican NGO (IMIFAP) experienced in designing sex education courses developed the curriculum and the teacher-training program used in this study. The 30-session student curriculum, described in this brief, focuses on a broad range of topics that aim to equip students with information and skills to prevent HIV infection.

Race, Gender, and Sex Education in 20th-Century America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Q. Shah
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
World War I ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Venereal Disease ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Programs

A concerted movement to promote sex education in America emerged in the early 20th century as part of a larger public health movement that also responded to the previous century’s concerns about venereal disease, prostitution, “seduction,” and “white slavery.” Sex education, therefore, offered a way to protect people (especially privileged women) from sexual activity of all kinds—consensual and coerced. A widespread introduction into public schools did not occur until after World War I. Sex education programs in schools tended to focus on training for heterosexual marriage at a time when high school attendance spiked in urban and suburban areas. Teachers often segregated male and female students. Beyond teaching boys about male anatomy and girls about female anatomy, reformers and educators often conveyed different messages and used different materials, depending on the race of their students. Erratic desegregation efforts during the Civil Rights movement renewed a crisis in sex education programs. Parents and administrators considered sexuality education even more dangerous in the context of a racially integrated classroom. The backlash against sex education in the schools kept pace with the backlash against integration, with each often used to bolster the other. Opponents of integration and sex education, for example, often used racial language to scare parents about what kids were learning, and with whom. In the 1980s and 1990s, the political power of the evangelical movement in the United States attracted support for “abstinence-only” curricula that relied on scare tactics and traditional assumptions about gender and sexuality. The ever-expanding acceptance (both legal and social) of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender identity directly challenged the conservative turn of abstinence-until-marriage sex education programs. The politics of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation have consistently shaped and limited sex education.

Condom Availability for Youth: A High-risk Alternative

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-286
Author(s):  
WILLIAM F. COLLITON
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Congress ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Title X ◽  
The Public ◽  
Condom Availability

The Committee on Adolescence might possibly have missed some of the data on teenage pregnancy and the alarming epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases occurring in that age group. Their report, "Condom Availability for Youth," could not be more incorrect. It is good to remember that 25 years have passed since the United States Congress adopted legislation establishing Title X of the Public Health Services Act. This act was to provide funding for sex education based on contraception as a solution to the teenage pregnancy problem.

Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire

1988 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Fine
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
School Based ◽  
Sexual Responsibility

Michelle Fine argues that the anti-sex rhetoric surrounding sex education and school-based health clinics does little to enhance the development of sexual responsibility and subjectivity in adolescents. Despite substantial evidence on the success of both school-based health clinics and access to sexuality information, the majority of public schools do not sanction or provide such information. As a result, female students, particularly low-income ones, suffer most from the inadequacies of present sex education policies. Current practices and language lead to increased experiences of victimization, teenage pregnancy, and increased dropout rates,and consequently, ". . . combine to exacerbate the vulnerability of young women whom schools, and the critics of sex education and school-based health clinics, claim to protect."The author combines a thorough review of the literature with her research in public schools to make a compelling argument for "sexuality education" that fosters not only the full development of a sexual self but education in its broadest sense.

scholarly journals Delaying sexual onset: outcome of a comprehensive sexuality education initiative for adolescents in public schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos ◽  
Eric Alejandro Monterubio-Flores ◽  
Tonatiuh Tomás Gonzalez-Vazquez ◽  
Juan Francisco Molina-Rodríguez ◽  
Ma. Guadalupe Ruelas-González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancy ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Innovative Techniques

Abstract Background A common risk behavior in adolescence is the early initiation of unprotected sex that exposes adolescents to an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections. Schools are an ideal place to strengthen adolescents’ sexual knowledge and modify their behavior, guiding them to exercise responsible sexuality. The purpose of this article was to evaluate the knowledge of public secondary school teachers who received training in comprehensive education in sexuality (CES) and estimate the counseling’s effect on students’ sexual behavior. Methods Seventy-five public school teachers were trained in participatory and innovative techniques for CES. The change in teacher knowledge (n = 75) was assessed before and after the training using t-tests, Wilcoxon ranks tests and a Generalized Estimate Equation model. The students’ sexual and reproductive behavior was evaluated in intervention (n = 650) and comparison schools (n = 555). We fit a logistic regression model using the students’ sexual debut as a dependent variable. Results Teachers increased their knowledge of sexuality after training from 5.3 to 6.1 (p < 0.01). 83.3% of students in the intervention school reported using a contraceptive method in their last sexual relation, while 58.3% did so in the comparison schools. The students in comparison schools were 4.7 (p < 0.01) times more likely to start sexual initiation than students in the intervention schools. Conclusion Training in CES improved teachers’ knowledge about sexual and reproductive health. Students who received counseling from teachers who were trained in participatory and innovative techniques for CES used more contraceptive protection and delayed sexual debut.

Medication Administration Practices in United States’ Schools: A Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis

2021 ◽  
pp. 105984052110263
Author(s):  
Ashley A. Lowe ◽  
Joe K. Gerald ◽  
Conrad Clemens ◽  
Cherie Gaither ◽  
Lynn B. Gerald
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Keyword Searches

Schools often provide medication management to children at school, yet, most U.S. schools lack a full-time, licensed nurse. Schools rely heavily on unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to perform such tasks. This systematic review examined medication management among K-12 school nurses. Keyword searches in three databases were performed. We included studies that examined: (a) K-12 charter, private/parochial, or public schools, (b) UAPs and licensed nurses, (c) policies and practices for medication management, or (d) nurse delegation laws. Three concepts were synthesized: (a) level of training, (b) nurse delegation, and (c) emergency medications. One-hundred twelve articles were screened. Of these, 37.5% (42/112) were comprehensively reviewed. Eighty-one percent discussed level of training, 69% nurse delegation, and 57% emergency medications. Succinct and consistent policies within and across the United States aimed at increasing access to emergency medications in schools remain necessary.

scholarly journals Strategy to improve adolescent knowledge on sex education: scoping review

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Yustika rahmawati Rahmawati Pratami
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Behavior ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Gender Based

Background : Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) plays an important role in preparing adolescents for safe, productive lives, and understanding about HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unwanted pregnancy, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Gender inequality still pose serious risks to their well-being. Study Aim : Determine the method most instrumental in improving adolescents' knowledge about adolescent sex education and teens identify constraints in obtaining information on sex education. Methods : Stage approach to review the literature using framework Arskey and O'Malley. The framework used to manage with PEOS research questions so that the search strategy uses 5 databases, viz. Pubmed, Science Direct, Wiley, Proquest, And Ebsco with the identification of the relevant study according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Each method has its contribution in providing information and knowledge about sex education to adolescents, however the source of the greatest role in providing sex education information mostly came from digital sources both internet and TV media. The lack of role of parents and teachers to provide enough information about sex education is reflected in the results and the above discussion. Problems in adolescent sexual behavior that negatively due to inaccurate sources such as peer and the internet and added with minimal information from parents and teachers in which teenagers hoping to get information about sex education from parents and teachers.

scholarly journals Impact of sensitization programme on reproductive health awareness among adolescent girls residing in a shelter home (Snehalay) Ahmednagar

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Saili U. Jadhav ◽  
Shubhada S. Avachat
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Female Genital Tract ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
The Impact

Background: Adolescents comprise one-fifth of India's total population. Knowledge on reproductive health at adolescent age is essential to build their foundation of healthy reproductive practices in the future and to lower the risk of sexually transmitted diseases.Methods: An interventional study was done on 51 adolescent girls at a shelter home (Snehalaya). Informed consent was obtained from the concerned authorities. Data was collected by interview technique with the help of a structured questionnaire prepared by literature search. Response of adolescents was recorded through their answers to the questionnaires. Intervention was done in the form of sensitization lecture with the help of audio visuals and educational posters. The same questionnaire was again interviewed and the impact of intervention was assessed. Statistical analysis of data was done using percentage, proportion and appropriate tests of significance.Results: In our study we found the average age of menarche of the girls to be 12-14 years, but as several of the girls came from unhealthy backgrounds, they had several menstrual problems like dysmenorrhea, irregular menses. Three of the girls had not experienced menses after 14 years of age. After the sensitization lecture, 56% of the girls were able to write the names of the reproductive organs in the female genital tract. 85% of the girls were able to name the hazards of teenage pregnancy. All adolescents need access to quality youth-friendly services provided by clinicians trained to work with this population. Sex education programs should offer accurate, comprehensive information while building skills for negotiating sexual behaviors.Conclusions: Hence from our project we identified the unmet need of awareness regarding reproductive health amongst adolescent girls and we tried to meet those needs by providing sensitization.

Accountability Challenges in Networks and Partnerships: Evidence from Educational Partnerships in the United States

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhittin Acar ◽  
Peter J. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Interorganizational Networks ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Educational Partnerships ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
K 12

The study from which this article is drawn constitutes one of the first attempts to remedy the paucity of research on accountability in the context of interorganizational networks and public–private partnerships. The data for the study were drawn from field research focusing particularly on partnerships formed between K-12 public schools and private and/or non-profit organizations in the United States. The most frequently cited difficulties associated with accountability in partnerships were the availability of and access to information, sectoral and personal differences, and frequent changes in personnel, resources, and partners.

scholarly journals Pleasure and Sex Education: The Need for Broadening Both Content and Measurement

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie M. Kantor ◽  
Laura Lindberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Pleasure ◽  
Healthy Relationships ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Sexual And Gender Minority ◽  
And Gender

Sex education in the United States is limited in both its content and the measures used to collect data on what is taught. The risk-reduction framework that guides the teaching of sex education in the United States focuses almost exclusively on avoiding unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, overlooking other critical topics such as the information and skills needed to form healthy relationships and content related to sexual pleasure. Young people express frustration about the lack of information on sexuality and sexual behavior that is included in sex education programs; sexual and gender minority youths, in particular, feel overlooked by current approaches. International guidance provides a more robust framework for developing and measuring sex education and suggests a number of areas in which US sex education can improve to better meet the needs of youths.

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