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Abstract
Purpose of the Review Adolescent sexual and reproductive health remains a major public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Comprehensive sex education (CSE) has been hailed as a key strategy to inform young people about sexual health and wellbeing and prevent negative health outcomes. This paper presents an overview of the trends and challenges around sex education in SSA and puts forth key recommendations for future research and policy initiatives.
Recent Findings This review employed a narrative approach to synthesize evidence on the implementation of comprehensive sex education in SSA. The literature review elicited four key themes: (i) comprehensiveness of CSE curricula, (ii) gender
norms in CSE, (iii) prominence of ‘fear’ narratives in CSE implementation, and (iv) CSE delivery methods. Additionally, the authors propose a fifth theme—‘Future-proofing CSE programs’, based on their learnings from implementing sex education
interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic. These five themes are presented through a narrative description of current research accompanied by reflections from the authors on the implementation of a parent-focused sex education program in Uganda.
Purpose of the Review Adolescent sexual and reproductive health remains a major public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Comprehensive sex education (CSE) has been hailed as a key strategy to inform young people about sexual health and wellbeing and prevent negative health outcomes. This paper presents an overview of the trends and challenges around sex education in SSA and puts forth key recommendations for future research and policy initiatives.
Recent Findings This review employed a narrative approach to synthesize evidence on the implementation of comprehensive sex education in SSA. The literature review elicited four key themes: (i) comprehensiveness of CSE curricula, (ii) gender
norms in CSE, (iii) prominence of ‘fear’ narratives in CSE implementation, and (iv) CSE delivery methods. Additionally, the authors propose a fifth theme—‘Future-proofing CSE programs’, based on their learnings from implementing sex education
interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic. These five themes are presented through a narrative description of current research accompanied by reflections from the authors on the implementation of a parent-focused sex education program in Uganda.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 221-229 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Current Sexual Health Reports |
| Volume | 16 |
| Early online date | 6 May 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health through a Participatory Parent-Child Communication Intervention in Uganda, 2019-2022, funded by VLIRUOS, Promotors: K. Michielsen & V. Nyakato.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Copyright:
Copyright 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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IRPCOE1-B: Interdisciplinary Research Programme: Centre of Expertise in Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality
1/10/19 → 30/09/25
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