Adolescents’ perceptions of sexual health education programs: An integrative review

Corcoran, Jessica; Davies, Susan L.; Knight, Candace C.; Lanzi, Robin Gaines; Liu, Mingchun; Ladores, Sigrid

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.07.014

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“…While the potential value of critical pedagogy in SHE has not been widely discussed, it has been mentioned by some [4,43] and this study further supports this call. Furthermore, the handful of SHE studies that have incorporated student experiences, align with findings reported here, including the need for content that is more relevant to students' own lives, the elimination of the stigmatization of LGBTQ+ identities, and the use of strategies that welcome questions and promote dialogue [44]. The findings here strongly support the need for more LGBTQ+-inclusive SHE that has been called for in these other studies.…”

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confidence: 81%

Viewing Sexual Health Education through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy: A Case Study in Chicago Public Schools

Jarpe-Ratner

Marshall

2021

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Comprehensive sexual health education (SHE) programs are being implemented in many state and local jurisdictions. Much research has focused on the strength and effectiveness of such programs. However, the experiences of teachers and students in their implementation is underexplored. A case study of the implementation of the SHE policy and curriculum in Chicago Public Schools sought to explore teachers’ and students’ experiences. Sixteen teachers were interviewed and five student focus groups, including 46 students, were conducted. Both teachers and students identified opportunities to improve upon the current program, including to (1) incorporate more student-centered learning opportunities and allow for tailoring to each specific group of students; (2) use discussion and dialogue to encourage students’ exploration of their own opinions and identities and development of a sense of agency over their own learning; (3) shift focus from risk reduction to a more holistic focus on healthy sexual wellbeing; and (4) directly discuss current health inequities, contributing factors, and intersectionality. These findings align with a critical pedagogical approach and underscore the need to understand SHE implementation within its sociopolitical context. Implications of the use of critical pedagogy as a framework for SHE in Chicago and beyond are discussed.

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confidence: 81%

Viewing Sexual Health Education through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy: A Case Study in Chicago Public Schools

Jarpe-Ratner

Marshall

2021

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“…Further, educators should design substantive, adequate, and helpful curricula that emphasize the hormonal and physiological changes driving various sexual behaviors and the natural development of interest in sex. Such classes should include balanced information on the possible positive aspects and possible risks of sexual intercourse (Corcoran et al, 2020). The current inding of an asymmetric impact of sexual debut by gender highlights the need for sexuality and relationship education that features and cultivates gender-sensitive perspectives, the maintenance of sexual and romantic relationships, and sexual self-determination.…”

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Sexual debut and college entrance among South Korean adolescents

Kim

2020

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction: For the past few decades, numerous theoretical perspectives have predicted a negative association between adolescent sexual debut and the probability of college entrance. The present article extends the literature by using nationally representative longitudinal data from South Korea to assess these perspectives. Methods: Drawing on longitudinal data from South Korea, this article examined the impact of becoming sexually active between 8th and 12th grades on the probability of college entrance. We controlled for a wide array of confounding variables by using logit models that account for longitudinal attrition and school-based sampling design. Results: Analytical results showed that the initiation of sexual intercourse during adolescence predicted a statistically signiicant decrease in the probability of college entrance for both boys and girls. Gender-speciic analyses suggested that, on average, sexual debut in adolescence was associated with a decrease of 10.3 percentage points in the probability of college entrance for boys and a decrease of 14.7 percentage points for girls. Conclusions: These indings strongly support the theoretical perspectives of age norm theory and sexual double standards in South Korea, where strictly conservative attitudes toward sexuality and sexual behaviors are dominant.

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“…Adolescents are key stakeholders in sexual health education, yet they are rarely consulted when developing sexual health programmes. Their voices are essential to improving the delivery of relevant and appropriate school-based sexual health education to promote safer adolescent sexual behaviours 34 A review of the effectiveness of sex education interventions aimed at reducing adolescent sexual risk behaviour demonstrated considerable evidence for interventions that involve parents and the community as participants and that rely on audio-visual media and school-based workshops 35 .…”

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Influence of Preventive Sex Education Programmes in Compulsory Secondary Education Students: a Descriptive Observational Study

Berutich

Cortes

Feria

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Background: Sex education programmes conducted by health professionals and educators are essential for young people to adopt healthy habits and attitudes towards their sexuality. The Forma Joven Program, promoted by the Andalusian Regional Government's Ministry of Health and Families and Education, is a good example of this. The aim of the study is to determine if different “degrees of intervention” in the informative consultancies of the Forma Joven Program imply differences in knowledge and attitudes towards sexuality.Methods: This descriptive observational study analysed 27 Compulsory Secondary Education high schools in Huelva. These were included in the Program and belonged to a Primary Care Health District. Out of the 17 institutes initially selected because they met the inclusion criteria (4,256 students), finally 14 (3,596 students) participated. During the 2018/2019 school year, students from 3rd, 4th year of Secondary Compulsory Education (ESO), 1st, and 2nd Baccalaureate of the selected centres were asked to fill in a questionnaire of knowledge and attitudes towards sexuality. It collected variables such as age, sex, school year, institute, educational level and employment status of the father or mother and profile of the professional who delivers the counselling. Results: A total of 1.237 students completed the questionnaire, which represents a participation rate of 34.4%. The average age was 15.59 years (SD 1.26) and 39.9% were girls. In some evaluated questions, we found statistically significant differences between the groups with different levels of exposure to counselling and the acquisition of knowledge and attitudes towards students' sexuality, although in most of them no such differences were found. The results of this study suggest the importance of the quality of counselling over quantity. Some classic myths persist in relation to sexuality and in some situations, they can be decisive when adopting preventive measures to avoid risks related to pregnancy and contagion of STIs.Conclusions: A greater number of counselling sessions does not imply acquiring a higher level of knowledge or better attitudes towards sexuality. Perhaps the quality of the education is more important than the quantity of counselling sessions.

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Adolescents’ perceptions of sexual health education programs: An integrative review

Cited by 27 publications

References 31 publications

Viewing Sexual Health Education through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy: A Case Study in Chicago Public Schools

Viewing Sexual Health Education through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy: A Case Study in Chicago Public Schools

Sexual debut and college entrance among South Korean adolescents

Influence of Preventive Sex Education Programmes in Compulsory Secondary Education Students: a Descriptive Observational Study

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