Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students: a cluster-randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An 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.

Methods

A 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 

SUBMITTER: Constantine NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4407845 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature