Background An emerging model for sexuality education is the rights-based approach, which
unifies discussions of sexuality, gender norms, and sexual rights to promote the healthy …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a rights-based sexuality
education curriculum on adolescents' sexual health behaviors and psychosocial outcomes 1 …

Context Although a rights‐based approach to sexuality education has been increasingly
discussed in the past decade, documented consensus regarding the goals, concepts and …

Although comprehensive sexuality education programmes have the potential to improve the
sexual health and well-being of young people, many socially conservative rural states in the …

In this study, we identified 10 sexuality education programmes from different locations in the
USA that aim to give young people knowledge and skills to develop healthy relationships, as …

While many states mandate some type of sexuality education in schools, state legislation
varies widely across the United States. Nevertheless, though much has been written about …

The sexual health needs of adolescents have been a central focus of the public health
community. Adolescence is a unique time of physical and psychological growth and, for …

Abstract The International Conference on Population and Development and related
resolutions have repeatedly called on governments to provide adolescents and young …

Sexual education plays an essential role in preventing unplanned pregnancy and the
transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). School-based sexual education …

Purpose This paper describes the Working to Institutionalize Sex Education (WISE) Initiative,
a privately funded effort to support ready public school districts to advance and sustain …