The Need for Community-Responsive and Flexible Sex Ed for Historically Marginalized Youth.
Evidence-based curricula
Marginalized youth
Public school system
Sexuality education
Systemic barriers
Journal
Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP
ISSN: 1868-9884
Titre abrégé: Sex Res Social Policy
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101239794
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
accepted:
29
03
2022
pubmed:
3
5
2022
medline:
3
5
2022
entrez:
2
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
When it is offered, sexuality education in the USA is far from standardized. While studies have explored differences in delivery and type of sexuality education across the USA, sexual and reproductive health inequities persist among historically marginalized groups (Latino/a/x, Black, African American, LGBTQ +). There is a critical need to better understand the systemic barriers to receiving effective sexuality education in these communities. Participatory research methods were used in working with a community advisory board (CAB)-consisting of emerging adults and service providers from community-based organizations (CBOs) serving youth-to examine how structural barriers contribute to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) inequities in Massachusetts. CAB meetings and semi-structured interviews were conducted in the cities of Springfield ( Inflexible funding guidelines, a related evidence-based curricular mandate, and a lack of community-responsive sexuality education fail to meet the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of these youth. Current evidence-based mandates must be revisited to improve young people's access to quality sexuality information in public schools. To guarantee sexuality education curricula is centered in the context of the community and population in which it is implemented, collaboration between youth-serving CBOs and school districts could improve students' overall experience and social-emotional growth by providing comprehensive, positive, and community-responsive curricula. Funders and programming should prioritize community responsiveness by financially supporting and developing and/or adapting evidence-based curricula to better match the community's needs, which can be completed through culture-centered training and community-based partnership.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35494623
doi: 10.1007/s13178-022-00717-8
pii: 717
pmc: PMC9038439
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
94-102Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no competing interests.
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