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  1. Sex Education in the Spotlight: What Is Working? Systematic Review

    Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) "plays a central role in the preparation of young people for a safe, productive, fulfilling life" (p. 12) [ 17] and adolescents who receive comprehensive sex education are more likely to delay their sexual debut, as well as to use contraception during sexual initiation [ 18 ].

  2. (PDF) Assessing the effectiveness of school-based sex education in

    This review provides a conceptual foundation of school-based sex education interventions for shaping sexual health behaviours and offers evidence-based knowledge for researchers, educators and ...

  3. School-based Sex Education in the U.S. at a Crossroads: Taking the

    School-based sex education in the U.S. is at a crossroads. The United Nations defines sex education as a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social aspects of sexuality [1]. Over many years, sex education has had strong support among both parents [2] and health professionals [3-6], yet the receipt of sex education among U.S ...

  4. PDF "Sex Education: Level of Knowledge and Its Effects on Sexual ...

    This presents that majority of the senior high school students have no sexual partners with a frequency of 684 out of 846 and a mean percentage of 80.85. Moreover, there are 93 (10%) respondents who had 1-2 sexual partners followed by. 45 (5.32%) who had 3-5 and lastly 24 (2.84%) who had more than 5 sexual partners. 3.

  5. (PDF) Sex education: A review of its effects

    Abstract. This paper reviewed 33 empirical studies which assessed the effectiveness of sex education. Methodological issues were considered within six sections: (a) populations, (b) instructors ...

  6. Examining the Effects of Sex Education

    of these programs, and cross-cultural analyses of sex education approaches. Finally, I discuss the theoretical frameworks utilized in this thesis. Sex Education Curricula and Discourses There are three main approaches to sex education in the United States; abstinence-only, abstinence-based, and comprehensive sex education.

  7. PDF School-based Sexuality Education: a Review And

    Statement of the Problem. The issue of school-based sexuality education is controversial, and the consequences of. not providing adequate education to adolescents are serious. The purpose of this study will be to. review research relevant to the topic of school-based sexuality education and offer critical.

  8. Three Decades of Research: The Case for Comprehensive Sex Education

    School-based sex education plays a vital role in the sexual health and well-being of young people. Little is known, however, about the effectiveness of efforts beyond pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention. The authors conducted a systematic literature review of three decades of research on school-based programs to find evidence for the effectiveness of comprehensive sex education.

  9. Frontiers

    Teachers, and their professional learning and development, have been identified as playing an integral role in enabling children and young people's right to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). The provision of sexuality education (SE) during initial teacher education (ITE) is upheld internationally, as playing a crucial role in relation to the implementation and quality of school-based ...

  10. The effectiveness of school-based sex education programs in the

    The type of sex education intervention was defined as abstinence-oriented if the explicit aim was to encourage abstinence as the primary method of protection against sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, either totally excluding units on contraceptive methods or, if including contraception, portraying it as a less effective method than ...

  11. PDF The Relationship Between Sex Education and Sexual Violence

    ABSTRACT. American women are at high risk of experiencing sexual violence during their teenage years. However, the majority of victims have limited knowledge and awareness of sexual violence. Previous papers suggest that participation in formal sex education programs is associated with. reduced sexual violence risk.

  12. Effectiveness of Sex Education in Adolescents

    The adolescence is the time. during which the personal and sexual identity develops [. 1. ]. Sexuality takes into account. aspects such as sex, gender identity, gender roles, sexual orientation ...

  13. Sex Education and Comprehensive Health Education in the Future of

    1. Introduction. At present, sexual education continues to be a pending subject in many countries [1,2,3,4].Access to this knowledge base is adjusted to each educational stage, emphasising personal development with a scientific basis, but access that is gradual and appropriate to the context and stage of development is insufficient and educational institutions and bodies dedicated to this ...

  14. What else can sex education do? Logics and effects in classroom

    In academic literature that supports school-based sex education, adolescence is presented as the main stage of sexual development (Lesko, 2001).It is the time in which healthy habits in regards to sexuality are formed, and therefore, from a health education perspective, the time to deliver sexual health interventions (Schaalma et al., 2004).In this life stage, beginning to engage in sexual ...

  15. Three Decades of Research: The Case for Comprehensive Sex Education

    Purpose. School-based sex education plays a vital role in the sexual health and well-being of young people. Little is known, however, about the effectiveness of efforts beyond pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention. The authors conducted a systematic literature review of three decades of research on school-based programs to find ...

  16. The journey towards comprehensive sexuality education: global ...

    The journey towards comprehensive sexuality education Global status reportThe Global Education 2030 Agenda UNESCO, as the United Nations' specialized agency for education, is entrusted to lead and coordinate the Education 2030 Agenda, which is part of a global movement to eradicate poverty through 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

  17. PDF Ethical and Effective Sex Education to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy Abstract

    Therefore, this thesis analyzes policy pertaining to sex education in the United States and proposes a new set of ethical and effective policy guidelines to reduce teen pregnancy. This thesis uses quantitative and qualitative research including extensive reading on both abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education programs and the findings of

  18. PDF Perceived Quality on Junior High School Sex Education and its Sexual

    the integration of sex education into the public school curriculum for students aged 10-19. Despite this, sex education is not being implemented to that its full potential. At present, the Philippine Statistics Authority (Ericta, 2021) reports 36% of births in the nation are the result of unwanted pregnancies. A major

  19. (PDF) SCHOOL-BASED SEXUALITY EDUCATION: AN OVERVIEW

    education: an ove rview. Yen Med J. 2021;3 (1):8 -11. Viewpoint. Abstract. Sexuality education has been recognised as a basic human right which empowers young people with comprehe nsive ...

  20. Sex Education: Level of Knowledge and Its Effects on the Sexual

    The Philippines, being a Christian country, finds Sex Education a sensitive topic to discuss with. But, with the increasing cases of pregnancies, sexually-transmitted diseases and other forms of sexually-related violence, the Philippine government raised their vote to integrate and teach sex education in the curriculum. After recognizing the vital role of education on the rising

  21. Thesis Statement On Sex Education

    1012 Words5 Pages. Thesis Statement: Research has shown that comprehensive sexual education is the best way to educate and help teenagers about topics like sex, sexuality, gender and much more, unlike other biased and inaccurate methods like abstinence-only education. I. Introduction: The two major sexual education programs that are taught in ...

  22. (Pdf) Implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education in The

    The results show that the implemented school-based comprehensive sexuality education with the topics; personhood, healthy relationships, sexual and reproductive health, and personal safety were ...

  23. Informative essay, thesis, and outline on sex education in schools

    Thesis statement: Sex education should be mandatory for schools to help reduce teenage pregnancy rates and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Paragraph 1 Topic sentence: Sexual education should be taught in schools for various beneficial reasons.