Sexuality education as a collective responsibility
A new health education curriculum in Cyprus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19515955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soula Ioannou (University of Cyprus, corresponding author), Christiana Kouta (0000-0002-2079-638X, Cyprus University of Technology), Maria Constantinidou, Panayiota Ellina (Cyprus University of Technology) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 375-386 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sex Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-1811 • E-ISSN: 1472-0825 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14681811.2014.918031 |
| OpenAlex | W2082907602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The development of health promotion is typically viewed as a reaction against both the excessive responsibility placed on individuals concerning their health-related choices and the absence of recognition of environmental factors associated with personal decision making. What though does sexuality education mean from the perspective of health promotion? According to one approach, it implies the existence of a curriculum that recognises the environmental factors affecting sexuality and sexual behaviour. It also suggests a curriculum that aims to empower students to engage with risky sexual behaviour, not just as a personal issue but also as a social matter. The emphasis is placed not merely on developing personal knowledge and skills associated with sexuality and sexual behaviour but on enabling active citizens to protect themselves and their co-citizens from sexual risks and to promote healthy sexuality. This paper discusses such a health promotion perspective in relation to the sexuality education curriculum as recently developed in Cyprus. It demonstrates how a health promotion perspective in relation to sex education can be translated into the establishment of learning objectives, appropriate pedagogic methods and the development of school materials
Curriculum · Environmental health · Health education · Health promotion · Human sexuality · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Public health · Public relations · Reproductive health · Social responsibility · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |