Methods & Materials Program Outline

Camille Cheatham

Target Population and Health Topic

• Comprehensive Sex Education for Adolescents in the US

Epidemiological Data
• In the 2006-2010 and 2011-2013 studies conducted by the Guttmacher Institute found:
(GUTT).
• More than 80% of adolescences ages 15-19 had revived formal information about
STD’s, HIV, AIDS or how to say no to sex.
• 55% of boys and 60% girls received formal information about birth control methods.
• 50% of girls and 58% of boys reported having received instruction on how to use a
condom
• 57% of girls and 43% of boys received formal instruction about contraception before
they first had sex
• 46% of girls and 31% of boys received instruction about where to get birth control
• In 2015, the Guttmacher Institute found that fewer than 6% of LGBTQIA+ students ages
13-21 reported that their health classes has included positive representations and
information for sexual minorities (GUTT).
• In 2006-2010 and 2011-2013, Guttmacher Institute and the CDC’s Prevention’s National
Survey for Family Growth, found that many US teens do not receive formal sex education
(GUTT).
• The 2018 School Health Profiles found that fewer than half of high schools (43%) and less
than one-fifth of middle schools (18%) across the US teach key CDC topics for sexual health
education.

Contributing Factors
• Legislation for sex education is under the states’ jurisdiction. This creates disparates in
health education across the nation. (USC)
• The US government promotes abstinence only initiatives through the Adolescent Family Life
Act (AFLA), Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE), and Title V, Section 510 of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (NLMNILH).
• In 2017, congress also provided $90 million for abstinence only, until marriage programs.
This included $15 million to community and faith based groups for “sexual risk avoidance”
and $75 million to Title V state grant for “abstinence education” programs (GUTT).

Overarching Goals
• according to UNESCO digital library (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization)Provide adolescents knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviors, and values to
encourage them to:
• Develop healthy habits
 • Understand their own health and well-being
• Develop respectful social and sexual relationships
• Consider how their choices affect the well-being of themselves and others
• According to the CDC, quality sex education programs should:
• Be taught by qualified and trained educators
• Use relevant strategies to engage students
• Address students’ health needs and provide inclusive information for all students
• Provide additional resources and services at school or in the community
• Engage parents, guardians, and community members
• Foster positive relationships between adolescents and adults

Behavioral Objectives
• Giving students the knowledge and skills to make smart and healthy decisions
• Decrease rates of adolescent STI’s, pregnancy, dating violence, sexual assault, and bullying,
number of partners, sexual experiences in adolescence, and drug use.
• Increases academic performance, use of protection, number of healthy relationships, and
healthier adolescents and young adults.

Outcome Objective
• Students will receive a comprehensive, medically accurate, age appropriate, and inclusive
sex education that will cover :
• Anatomy, puberty, and reproduction
• Gender, gender roles, gender identity, transgender, intersex
• sexual orientation LGBTQIA+
• Pregnancy, pregnancy options, fetal development
• Condoms and Birth control
• STI’s, HIV/AIDS
• Body image and bullying
• Relationships, friendships and families
• Sexual abuse, assault, harassment, and prevention
• Consent and how to say no
• Advocacy and resources
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