This paper provides a process evaluation of a 6-day teacher training programme which forms part of a sexuality education project. The training aimed at providing teachers with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively teach a 16-lesson Grade 8 (14 year olds) life skills curriculum consisting of participatory exercises on sexual reproductive health, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), se...

South Africa has high rates of HIV infection among its young population, unintended pregnancy the youth, and extremely gender-based violence. Given all this, it is essential that people be taught skills will enable them to manage their sexuality. Schools have been shown best placed provide accurate relevant information on people's sexualities. Through Life Orientation (LO) curriculum, Departmen...

Far too few children and young people receive anything approaching adequate preparation for a safe and satisfying adult sexual life. Open discussion of sexual matters with trusted adults is usually absent at the very time when it is most needed. This, in turn, is compounded by the pervasive, confusing and conflicting (and predominantly negative) messages received by children about sexuality and...

OBJECTIVES Holistic sexuality education (HSE) is a new concept in sexuality education (SE). Since it differs from other types of SE in a number of important respects, strategies developed for the evaluation of the latter are not necessarily applicable to HSE. In this paper the authors provide a basis for discussion on how to evaluate HSE. METHODS First, the international literature on evaluat...

There is a huge public debate on CSE being amorous and inappropriate. The materials curriculum for students are considered insufficient inadequate due to socio-cultural factors, which deep-rooted in society. Lack of knowledge about sexual reproductive health low access services have forced young people engage unsafe practices Nepal. Sexuality education should cover lessons the important role ad...

Scientific research has made major contributions to adolescent health by providing insights into factors that influence it and by defining ways to improve it. However, US adolescent sexual and reproductive health policies-particularly sexuality health education policies and programs-have not benefited from the full scope of scientific understanding. From 1998 to 2009, federal funding for sexual...