NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Fathers' Reflections on Adolescent Sex Education in Chile -- "Generación de Transición"
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Satterthwaite Muresianu, Emma; Weinstock, Rachel E.; Arams, Ryan; Vorawandthanachai, Thammatat; Ferrera, Alexander; Forero, Juan Pablo; Torres Maita, Yumarlin; Dolan, Siobhan M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
Since the introduction of the HPV vaccine in Chile in 2014, there have been few studies exploring parental perspectives on the vaccine or on adolescent sex and sexuality education, and even fewer exploring fathers' perspectives. Subsequent to an earlier study of Chilean mothers' attitudes towards the HPV vaccine and adolescent sexual health and…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Immunization Programs
Influences to HPV Completion via a School-Based Immunisation Program
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Burns, Sharyn; Selvey, Linda; Roux, Felicity – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
In Australia, school-based immunisation programmes (SBIP) provide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations to secondary school students. However, despite such free programmes, around 20% of girls and 25% of boys do not complete all doses. This formative study identified barriers and enablers to vaccine completion. Online surveys were conducted with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immunization Programs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Secondary School Students
"Is It Like One of Those Infectious Kind of Things?" The Importance of Educating Young People about HPV and HPV Vaccination at School
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Davies, Cristyn; Skinner, Susan Rachel; Stoney, Tanya; Marshall, Helen Siobhan; Collins, Joanne; Jones, Jane; Hutton, Heidi; Parrella, Adriana; Cooper, Spring; McGeechan, Kevin; Zimet, Gregory – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
The National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Program in Australia commenced in 2007 for girls and in 2013 for boys, using the quadrivalent HPV [4vHPV] vaccine. In Australia, students are primarily vaccinated en masse, on school grounds, after parental/ guardian consent is obtained. Students most often receive little, or no, education at…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Foreign Countries, Randomized Controlled Trials
Assessing Physicians' Intentions to Talk about Sex when They Vaccinate Nine-Year-Old to 15-Year-Old Girls against HPV
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Askelson, Natoshia M.; Campo, Shelly; Smith, Sandi; Lowe, John B.; Dennis, Leslie; Andsager, Julie – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2011
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine provides physicians with an opportunity to have conversations with girls about sex and sex-related topics. Current research suggests that these conversations are not happening. This study was designed to assess whether physicians would use the HPV vaccination as an opening to communicate with nine-year-old to…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Females, Sexuality
Sexuality Education in Rural Lesotho Schools: Challenges and Possibilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Khau, Mathabo – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2012
The aim of this paper is to present and discuss some of the obstacles to effective sexuality education in rural Lesotho schools and offer some suggestions that could facilitate positive change in the current status of sexuality education. The call for education as a "vaccine" against new HIV infections places teachers at the forefront of…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Stakeholders