Promoting Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents on a Large Scale

Program Design, Organizational Cooperation Network and Administrative Mobilization

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15715448
AutoresHuina Dong (0009-0008-9450-6884, Nanjing University), Hongyan Li (0000-0002-7869-8336, Independent Researcher, Beijing 100050, China, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume9
Fascículo10
Páginas1474-1474
Data de publicação2022-09-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChildren (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children9101474
PMID36291410
OpenAlexW4297348602
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas15

In China, the promotion of sexuality education for children and adolescents is hindered by a relatively conservative culture and insufficient drive from the government. With the government and the market failing to deliver in this area, social organizations, such as the third sector, are playing an important role. This paper mainly discusses how Chinese social organizations promote sexuality education for children and adolescents on a large scale. This paper studied NW, the largest sexuality education support platform in China at present, and 16 frontline implementing organizations in its cooperation network. This research collects empirical data through participatory observation and semi-structured interviews, involving a total of 37 interviewees, plus relevant text data. The study follows the analytical method of process tracking, trying to extract the key mechanisms of how social organizations promote sexuality education from the processes demonstrated by the specific cases. This paper focuses on the key phases of a standardized sexuality education program, from its design to promotion and then to implementation. It is found that, based on the large-scale operation strategy, the operation process of the sexuality education program exhibited three core mechanisms: standardized program design, organizational cooperation network and administrative mobilization. These three mechanisms have become the key force to break through many of the cultural and institutional obstacles and achieve large-scale implementation of sexuality education. Finally, this paper discusses the challenges of operationalizing the sexuality education program, with compromised teaching quality as a major one, and points to the direction for future research

Business · Government (linguistics · Human sexuality · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Public relations · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sex work and related issues