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Community-level successes and challenges to implementing adolescent sex education programs
Mary A Ott1, Maura Rouse, Jamie Resseguie
1Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 410 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. maott@iupui.edu
Maternal and Child Health Journal
|February 25, 2010
Summary
Local organizations face challenges implementing science-based adolescent sex education. Understanding these successes and difficulties can improve program quality and capacity for effective youth development.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Adolescent Health
- Sex Education Research
Background:
- Effective adolescent sex education relies on science-based strategies.
- Limited understanding exists regarding local organizations' capacity and needs for implementing these programs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify successes and challenges community organizations encounter when implementing science-based sex education.
- To inform strategies for enhancing program capacity and quality.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with program directors and educators from 17 state-funded adolescent pregnancy prevention/sex education programs.
- Thematic analysis of interview transcripts focusing on program design, implementation, and evaluation successes and challenges.
Main Results:
- Organizations faced challenges adapting curricula to specific populations (rural, juvenile justice, Latino) and time constraints.
- Programs developing their own curricula struggled with assessment and evaluation, while those using commercial curricula faced selection and adaptation issues.
- Significant innovation was observed across diverse programs, from elementary to high school levels.
Conclusions:
- Qualitative methods effectively identified key successes and challenges in state-sponsored sex education programs.
- Findings offer insights to improve the capacity and quality of local adolescent sex education initiatives.
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