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Recommendations for Sexuality Education for Early Adolescents

JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC, GYNECOLOGIC & NEONATAL NURSING, Issue 3 2006
Kristin Haglund
Objective:, To determine community support and identify appropriate learning methodologies, parameters of delivery, and intervention content. Design:, Qualitative descriptive study in which participants were interviewed in a semistructured format. Data were analyzed thematically. Setting:, An urban pediatric primary care clinic from which youths and parents were recruited. Participants:, Ten youths, 10 parents, and 10 community members. Community members included professional and laypersons who had experience in working with early adolescents or in working with children of any age on sexuality issues. Overall, most participants were female (67%) and African American (67%). Results:, Descriptions of early adolescents' knowledge of sexuality, participants' support for sexuality education for early adolescents, recommendations for education content, and preferred methods for education delivery. Conclusion:, The participants supported comprehensive sexuality education for early adolescents. They believed that it would help youths to be abstinent, would provide some protection from sexual abuse, and would prepare them to practice safer sex in the future. JOGNN, 35, 369-375; 2006. DOI: 10.1111/J.1552-6909.2006.00048.x [source]

The Ethics of Abstinence-Only and Abstinence-Plus Sexuality Education

JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, Issue 4 2002
David C. Wiley
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Sexuality in children and adolescents with disabilities

DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE & CHILD NEUROLOGY, Issue 9 2005
Nancy Murphy MD
This review presents a discussion of the sexual development of children and adolescents with disabilities, described in the framework of body structure and function, individual activities, and societal perspectives presented in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Issues of sexual development, gynecological care and contraception, sexual functioning, societal barriers, sexual victimization, and sexuality education are presented. Overall, adolescents with disabilities seem to be participating in sexual relationships without adequate knowledge and skills to keep them healthy, safe, and satisfied. Although their sexual development may be hindered both by functional limitations and by intentional or unintentional societal barriers, the formal and informal opportunities for teenagers with disabilities to develop into sexually expressive and fulfilled persons do exist. Health care providers are urged to increase their awareness of this unmet need and to implement strategies that promote the physical, emotional, social, and psychosexual independence of children, teenagers, and young adults with disabilities. [source]

Recommendations for Sexuality Education for Early Adolescents

JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC, GYNECOLOGIC & NEONATAL NURSING, Issue 3 2006
Kristin Haglund
Objective:, To determine community support and identify appropriate learning methodologies, parameters of delivery, and intervention content. Design:, Qualitative descriptive study in which participants were interviewed in a semistructured format. Data were analyzed thematically. Setting:, An urban pediatric primary care clinic from which youths and parents were recruited. Participants:, Ten youths, 10 parents, and 10 community members. Community members included professional and laypersons who had experience in working with early adolescents or in working with children of any age on sexuality issues. Overall, most participants were female (67%) and African American (67%). Results:, Descriptions of early adolescents' knowledge of sexuality, participants' support for sexuality education for early adolescents, recommendations for education content, and preferred methods for education delivery. Conclusion:, The participants supported comprehensive sexuality education for early adolescents. They believed that it would help youths to be abstinent, would provide some protection from sexual abuse, and would prepare them to practice safer sex in the future. JOGNN, 35, 369-375; 2006. DOI: 10.1111/J.1552-6909.2006.00048.x [source]

Survey of occupational therapy students' attitudes towards sexual issues in clinical practice

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERNATIONAL, Issue 2 2005
Mairwen K Jones PhD Senior Lecturer
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the level of comfort of 340 occupational therapy students during clinical interactions that have sexual implications. Participants completed the Comfort Scale Questionnaire to indicate their anticipated level of comfort. More than half of the students anticipated that they would not feel comfortable in dealing with sexual issues. The three items that students indicated as being most uncomfortable with were ,Walking in on a patient/client who is masturbating' (91.7%), ,Dealing with a patient/client who makes an overt sexual remark' (82.1%) and ,Dealing with a patient/client who makes a covert sexual remark' (77.2%). The three items which students felt relatively comfortable with were ,Homosexual male' (26.4%), ,14-year-old female seeking contraception'(26.4%) and ,Handicapped individual who is inquiring about sexual options'(33.5%). At least half the senior students believed that their educational programme had not dealt adequately with sexual issues. Further research investigating the nature and origin of discomfort in clinical settings is recommended as well as research examining the effectiveness of sexuality education in increasing comfort in dealing with sexual issues in clinical settings Copyright © 2005 Whurr Publishers Ltd. [source]