The perception of parents of high school students about adolescent sexual and reproductive needs in Nigeria: A qualitative study

Stakeholders’ perspectives to improve the delivering of sexual education for adolescents: A systematic review

“…Parents play an essential role as the first school for children, including in terms of sexual education, and it is better to be delivered by parents of the same sex; for example, mothers teach girls, and fathers teach boys. Besides schools, religious leaders, health workers, programs adolescents, neighbors, and friends also have a role in providing sexual education to adolescents (Esan & Bayajidda, 2021;Samadaee Gelehkolaee et al, 2021;Tabong et al, 2018). Parents are afraid that the influence of media and technology nowadays can affect their teenagers' behavior, so they think that currently sexual education is needed, including at school and home.…”

“…Parents said the factors that resulted in free sexual behavior in adolescents were lack of parental guidance, peer influence, lack of sexual education, social media, and curiosity (Esan & Bayajidda, 2021).…”

“…There are still many parents who say that they cannot provide sexual education to their children because it is taboo and sensitive, so it is better to discuss it at school; this is also due to the lack of knowledge and communication skills between parents and children (Nash et al, 2019;Ram et al, 2020). However, some of them mentioned that being open in sexual education for adolescents is essential for them to know the risks and impacts so that it does not affect trust, and the closeness between parents and children is the key in the approach to providing sexual education (Esan & Bayajidda, 2021). Parents also say that the assumption of discussing sexual education is shameful and should be abandoned (Othman et al, 2020).…”

Hubungan Pola Komunikasi Orang Tua Asuh Dengan Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Kesehatan Reproduksi Remaja Panti Asuhan Kabupaten Klaten Tahun 2020

“…13 Komunikasi yang terjalin secara baik dalam suatu keluarga akan menghasilkan dukungan yang baik pula pada perkembangan sang anak. 14,15 Dalam keadaan tertentu, remaja dapat hidup dan bertempat tinggal di panti asuhan. 16 Banyak alasan yang mengharuskan remaja hidup di panti asuhan, antara lain kemiskinan, wabah penyakit, peperangan, masalah atau penolakan dalam keluarga, tidak memiliki orang tua, ataupun masalah lain yang melatarbelakangi.…”

“…16 Banyak alasan yang mengharuskan remaja hidup di panti asuhan, antara lain kemiskinan, wabah penyakit, peperangan, masalah atau penolakan dalam keluarga, tidak memiliki orang tua, ataupun masalah lain yang melatarbelakangi. 15,16,17 Remaja yang bertempat tinggal di panti asuhan mengaku bahwa mereka merasakan beberapa masalah psikis, seperti tidak adanya keluarga untuk tempat berkeluh kesah, kesulitan untuk mengekspresikan emosi dan perasaan, dan rasa takut. Selain itu, mereka juga mengaku bahwa banyak hal yang tidak bisa diceritakan.…”