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1. 1. Let's talk about sex : A qualitative study on sexual health education in Grenada.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Aleksandra Goreczna; Lisa Hindström; [2015]
   Keywords : moral-based approach; Grenada; sexual health education; rights-based approach; reproductive governance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose with this study was to understand what conceptions about sex and sexuality are conveyed in sexual health education in schools in Grenada as well as analyze how teachers and guidance counselors relate to those conceptions. Our focus was to understand how sex and sexuality is conducted and portrayed in the educational material and what the respondents believe is important when teaching the subject. READ MORE

3. 2. What Your Teacher Did Not Tell You About Abstinence: A Critical Analysis of the Arguments in Favor of the Teaching of Abstinence-Only Sexual Education in Public Schools

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Melissa Frödin; [2013]
   Keywords : Sexual education; Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage programs; Critical analysis of ideas; Advocacy Groups; The United States; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Although Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage programs have proven ineffective in reducing teenage pregnancy rates and the spread of STDs, thirteen states in the U.S still stress abstinence in their sexual education curricula. This in turn has created a big debate over what sexual education in public schools should contain. READ MORE

4. 3. Breastfeeding ans sexuality after childbirth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

   University essay from Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

   Author : Ruby Hansen; Anahí Hormazábal Contreras; [2012]
   Keywords : Tanzania; breastfeeding; sexual abstinence; information; nurse; kubemenda; Tanzania; amning; sexuell avhållsamhet; information; sjuksköterska; kubemenda;

   Abstract : Background: Kubemenda is a word in Kiswahili and a conception that the infants‟ health will be negatively affected if the mother has sexual intercourse during the breastfeeding period. Aim: The aim of this study is to explore if nurses experience concerns among parents about sexuality during the breastfeeding period related to kubemenda. READ MORE

5. 4. Taking a Walk with the Birds and the Bees

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Michael Isenberg; [2011]
   Keywords : parent; teenager; sex; communication; Choma; Zambia; PTSC; condoms; abstinence; pregnancy; abortion.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study was conducted in order to gain an in-depth understanding of Parent-Teenage Sexual Communication (PTSC) by focusing on a small town in Zambia. Recent studies have suggested that African parents are breaking traditions and beginning to speak with their children about the dangers associated with sexual risk, and this study aims to further what we know about how African parents and their children communicate on this subject. READ MORE

6. 5. HIV/AIDS awareness and sexual behavior among adolescents in Babati Tanzania

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Maria-Victoria Rydholm; [2009]
   Keywords : HIV AIDS awareness; sexual behavior; Babati Tanzania; the ABC-program; Fema;

   Abstract : It is important to investigate how HIV/AIDS  awareness affects adolescent sexual behavior and how the HIV/AIDS information from the schools and the ABC-program (abstinence, be faithful, condoms) affects the students HIV/AIDS awareness and sexual behavior. The methods used in this study consist of qualitative semi-structured interviews, a quantitative questionnaire and statistical analysis (mainly preformed in R). READ MORE