ReviewTropical medicine and health2023
Teachers' conflicts in implementing comprehensive sexuality education: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.
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- Return-on-investment for interventions to reduce adolescent pregnancy and child marriage in Southeast Asia: a five-country modelling study.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Early Childhood and Primary Education in Greece.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Navigating sexuality information: A comparative study on the actual and preferred sources by young people in Uganda's island communities.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Addressing the gaps: a mixed-methods scoping review on comprehensive sexuality education training for school educators.BMJ open · 2026Article
- The impact of implementation of sex education in schools, and its applicability in Kazakhstan.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- Exploring multisectoral collaboration in implementing comprehensive sexuality education framework at the provincial level in Zambia: a qualitative study.Global health action · 2025Article
- Life orientation teachers' perspectives on intersectoral collaboration management of sexuality education.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Stakeholders' Experiences and Preferences Regarding Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Zambia: Implications for Determining Programme Priorities and Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Development, implementation, and evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention program to improve the sexual competence of young adult women about to get married: a protocol study.Reproductive health · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionComprehensive sexuality education (CSE) enables children and young people to learn about the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social characteristics of sexuality. Teachers experience conflicts in teaching CSE due to different cultural and religious backgrounds. This qualitative systematic review aimed to describe the conflicts experienced by teachers in the implementation of CSE in schools. Furthermore, this study aimed to identify the causes of conflict among teachers in implementing CSE.
methodsThis article focused on teachers' conflicts in implementing CSE from 2010 to 2022. Online bibliographic databases, such as PubMed, Web of Science, and ERIC, were used to search for relevant articles. The following search term was used: Teacher, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, and Conflict.
resultsA total of 11 studies were included in the review. All 11 studies were conducted in countries with a predominantly Christian population. The majority of the studies were conducted in Africa. The study respondents included teachers, school principals, and school coordinators. The studies identified that CSE implementation is related to multiple conflicts, depending on the context of the country. Five themes on the causes of conflict emerged from the thematic meta-synthesis: (1) Hesitancy in talking about sex education among teachers due to the cultural and religious context; (2) non-integration of traditional sex education into comprehensive sexuality education, (3) fostering effective facilitation of CSE among teachers, (4) determining the appropriate age to start sex education, and (5) roles of stakeholders outside the school.
conclusionsThis qualitative systematic review and thematic meta-synthesis highlighted several conflicts among teachers in CSE implementation. Despite the teachers having a perception that sex education should be provided, traditional sex education has not yet transformed to CSE. The study findings also emphasize the need to identify the teacher's role in CSE implementation. The thematic meta-synthesis also strongly reflected the context of Christianity in Europe and Africa; thus, further research on the religious context in other regions is needed.
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