Trial reportBMC public health2015
Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students: a cluster-randomized trial.
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Randomized Evaluation of a Multi-Component, Rights-Based Sexuality Education Initiative for High School Students
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- Shared Components of Worldwide Successful Sexuality Education Interventions for Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Components of School-Based Interventions Stimulating Students' Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Domains: A Meta-analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2020Pooled it
- Characteristics of successful programmes targeting gender inequality and restrictive gender norms for the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young adults: a systematic review.The Lancet. Global health · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce risk for sexually transmitted infections in adolescents: A meta-analysis of trials, 2008-2016.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- School-based interventions for improving contraceptive use in adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- The impact of implementation of sex education in schools, and its applicability in Kazakhstan.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
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- A Qualitative Study of How Israeli Arab Educational Counselors Handle Image-Based Sexual Abuse of Female Adolescents.Violence against women · 2024Article
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- Promoting equity in adolescent health in Latin America: designing a comprehensive Sex education program using Intervention Mapping. A mixed methods study.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Busting MisconSEXions: evaluation of a social media knowledge translation initiative addressing myths about sex.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Programs on Children and Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- [Descriptive study about non-formal sex education resources available in Spain.]Revista espanola de salud publica · 2023Review
- Department for Education Statutory Guidance for Relationships and Sex Education in England: A Rights-Based Approach?Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- "Words Aren't Supposed to Hurt, But They Do": Sexual and Gender Minority Youth's Bullying Experiences.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2022Article
- Self-efficacy and Unwanted Sexual Intercourse: 'Reproductive Health Education Programme for High-school Students in Vojvodina'.Zdravstveno varstvo · 2022Article
- Chinese adolescents' sexual and reproductive health education: A quasi-experimental study.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 2022Article
- Healthy sexuality development in adolescence: proposing a competency-based framework to inform programmes and research.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2021Article
- Effects of an Internet-Based and Teacher-Facilitated Sexuality Education Package: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Sexual wellbeing in early adolescence: a cross-sectional assessment among girls and boys in urban Indonesia.Reproductive health · 2021Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAn emerging model for sexuality education is the rights-based approach, which unifies discussions of sexuality, gender norms, and sexual rights to promote the healthy sexual development of adolescents. A rigorous evaluation of a rights-based intervention for a broad population of adolescents in the U.S. has not previously been published. This paper evaluates the immediate effects of the Sexuality Education Initiative (SEI) on hypothesized psychosocial determinants of sexual behavior.
methodsA cluster-randomized trial was conducted with ninth-grade students at 10 high schools in Los Angeles. Classrooms at each school were randomized to receive either a rights-based curriculum or basic sex education (control) curriculum. Surveys were completed by 1,750 students (N = 934 intervention, N = 816 control) at pretest and immediate posttest. Multilevel regression models examined the short-term effects of the intervention on nine psychosocial outcomes, which were hypothesized to be mediators of students' sexual behaviors.
resultsCompared with students who received the control curriculum, students receiving the rights-based curriculum demonstrated significantly greater knowledge about sexual health and sexual health services, more positive attitudes about sexual relationship rights, greater communication about sex and relationships with parents, and greater self-efficacy to manage risky situations at immediate posttest. There were no significant differences between the two groups for two outcomes, communication with sexual partners and intentions to use condoms.
conclusionsParticipation in the rights-based classroom curriculum resulted in positive, statistically significant effects on seven of nine psychosocial outcomes, relative to a basic sex education curriculum. Longer-term effects on students' sexual behaviors will be tested in subsequent analyses.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02009046.
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