Protective Effects of Middle School Comprehensive Sex Education With Family Involvement

Abstract

Theory-based, developmentally appropriate, comprehensive sex education programs that include parent involvement can be effective in delaying vaginal sex for middle school students. Parent involvement is particularly important for boys, as family activities may encourage parents to talk with their sons earlier and more frequently.

Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents

“…Ideally, this education happens conjointly in the home and in the school. 39 Factors that shape the content and delivery of sexuality education include state and school district policies, state education standards, funding from state and federal sources, and individual teacher comfort, knowledge, and skills. Fewer than half of states require public schools to teach sexuality education, and even fewer states require that, if offered, sexuality education must be medically, factually, or technically accurate.…”

Educação sexual para adolescentes por docentes de um centro de educação comunitária Sex education for adolescents by teachers from a community education center

“…Thus, a mediator in this process is necessary, in order to protect young people, represented mainly by the family and school because it was the nearest adolescents institutions and may act as mediators between the information which they possess and their actions. 7 However, what we see is that parents find it difficult to fulfill this role, the complexity in establishing dialogue or by the fact that they do not feel qualified to address the subject. In schools the approach is made in a superficial way and discussions are still very restricted to the field of biology and anatomy, leaving aside issues such as affection, feelings, experiences, expectations and fears.…”

“…Examples of this are the findings of this research in align with other studies where teachers reveal difficulty in approach the subject and do not feel safe to deepening the same in classroom. 4,7 This occurs due to lack of updating the teacher of most Brazilian schools about the subject. A study conducted in Brazil 11 shows that 73% of teachers surveyed had never participated in any training or qualification to talk about sexuality at school, which answers the high insecurity index with it.…”

Evaluation of the Effects of the Sexual Education Programme SOMOS on Sexual Experience and Attitudes of Adolescents Towards Sexuality // Evaluación de los efectos del Programa de Educación Sexual SOMOS sobre la experiencia sexual y las actitudes hacia la sexualidad de adolescentes

“…The development of erotophilic attitudes and the taking of free and responsible decisions are essential elements in this model. It recognizes the role of families and of the school in the Sexual Education of children and young people, coinciding with present-day approaches (Grossman, Tracy, Charmaraman, Ceder, & Erkut, 2014;Jennings, Howard, & Perotte, 2014).…”

“…Given the relevance of positive attitudes on sexual health and the relevance of the implementation and evaluation of Integral Sexual Education Programmes (Grossman et al, 2014;Jennings et al, 2014;López, 2005;Schmidt et al, 2015;Walcott et al, 2011), the objective of this investigation is to design and to evaluate a Sexual Education programme that targets teenagers in early and mid-adolescence, so as to anticipate the start of their first sexual relations. To do so, the influence of the programme on the level of sexual experience of students and on the attitudes towards sexuality and masturbation are analyzed.…”