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Sexuality Education

Emerging Trends in Evidence and Practice

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ID23360516
AuthorsNicole Haberland (0000-0001-8431-4960, Population Council, corresponding author), Deborah Rogow
Year2015
Volume56
Issue1
PagesS15-S21
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Adolescent Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1054-139X • E-ISSN: 1879-1972
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.08.013
PMID25528976
OpenAlexW1975915008
LanguageEN
Citations received163
References cited21

The International Conference on Population and Development and related resolutions have repeatedly called on governments to provide adolescents and young people with comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). Drawing from these documents, reviews and meta-analyses of program evaluations, and situation analyses, this article summarizes the elements, effectiveness, quality, and country-level coverage of CSE. Throughout, it highlights the matter of a gender and rights perspective in CSE. It presents the policy and evidence-based rationales for emphasizing gender, power, and rights within programs--including citing an analysis finding that such an approach has a greater likelihood of reducing rates of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy--and notes a recent shift toward this approach. It discusses the logic of an "empowerment approach to CSE" that seeks to empower young people--especially girls and other marginalized young people--to see themselves and others as equal members in their relationships, able to protect their own health, and as individuals capable of engaging as active participants in society.

Adolescent health · Economic growth · Empowerment · Environmental health · Family planning · Human sexuality · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Population · Public relations · Reproductive health · Research methodology · Sex education · Sexuality education · Sociology · Unintended pregnancy · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Studies · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues

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