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A report on teachers’ use of the South Australian Relationships and Sexual Health Curriculum
A report on teachers’ use of the South Australian Relationships and Sexual Health Curriculum
A WHO Report on Building School Partnership for Health, Education Achievements and Development (2007)
This joint Canadian and WHO Report outlines the findings of a meeting held to set direction and provide leadership to meet future challenges in promoting health through schools, with a focus on addressing the wider determinants of health. The term "through schools" refers to involvements with students and their families, staff members in schools as well as interactions with the local communities.
Achieving health promoting schools: Guidelines for promoting health in schools
The International Union of Health Promotion and Education have recently produced these Guidelines through a process of discussion and consultation with health and educational professionals around the world. They draw on the best available research, evidence and good practice. They are presented in a summary format to assist government education and health ministries, schools, NGOs, and other interested groups and individuals to be more effective and strategic in their efforts to promote health in schools.
Evidence-Based Interventions for Youth
Family Health Research; A forum for putting knowledge into practice. This issue explores how research results can be used to prevent unintended pregnancies and HIV infection in youth.
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia
The 2012 Annual Report of Trends in Behaviour, presents data from current behavioural and social research. Want to know about … the sexual health of young people? drug use and risk? initiatives in hepatitis C treatment? sexual practices and risk among gay men? This report will provide you with the most recent data and perspectives on these and other current issues.
Increasing the Resilience of Young People at Risk: A Literature Review
This report provides an analysis of a literature review focussing on what works to increase resilience for at-risk and marginalised young people. The purpose of the review is to inform the development of a NSW Health Youth Health policy. It forms part of a larger body of work that the NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health (NSW CAAH) is undertaking, in partnership with NSW Health, towards developing a new Youth Health Policy for NSW.
Parents and sex education in Western Australia A consultation with parents on educating their children about sexual health at home and school
This research project was commissioned by the Department of Health, Western Australia in May 2008 to advise those public health strategies which aim to ensure young people are well educated and informed about relationship and sexual health. Such strategies specifically address the prevention of increasing levels of sexually transmitted infections and the risk of infertility, as well as unplanned pregnancy and the high numbers of terminations among young people in WA. Parents are the primary sex educators of their children and therefore a crucial element in the creation of informed and confident young people. The most effective approach to young people’s sexual health education is achieved when a supportive partnership exists between parents and—the other vital component—the school.
Parents and Sex Education Parents’ attitudes to sexual health education in WA schools
The Parent Sexual Health Resources project was commissioned by the Department of Health in Western Australia (WA), following consultative research with young people in WA about their own experience of sexual health education. This study concluded that there is a need for resources to support parents and family members as sexuality educators of their children.
Secondary Students and Sexual Health 2008: Results of the 4th National Survey of Australian Secondary Students, HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health
The result of the 4th National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health, this report draws on data from 3,000 Year 10 or 12 students to examine issues of sexual knowledge, behaviour and health. Students demonstrated high levels of knowledge around HIV/AIDS and many STIs; however, knowledge of hepatitis, chlamydia, HPV and cervical cancer was generally poor. The majority of students reported some form of sexual activity; rates of intercourse and numbers of partners increased. Reports of unwanted sex significantly increased, and young women's positive feelings about sex had decreased since the previous survey. Condom use remained stable, while use of other contraceptives increased. Students generally reported good health, with drug use and incidences of STIs quite low. Although alcohol consumption had dropped, it still remained high. Most students reported having sought information about their health from sources such as parents, friends, school programs, pamphlets and doctors. The full report is available online.
Sexuality Education: The why, who and what of relationship education in WA schools
Report on Tertiary Lecturers’ Seminar. November 2009
Standards for Curriculum-Based Reproductive Health and HIV Education Programs
This document is a result of two sources of data and information: 1) research commissioned by Family Health International (FHI)/YouthNet on the impact and quality of sex and HIV education curricula for youth; and 2) discussions about field experiences in using such curricula in developing countries, held at a two-day meeting in Washington, DC, January 9-10, 2006 (see Annexes 1 and 2). By Jusy Senderowitz and Douglas Kirby, 2006.
