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Gender, sex and equal health: including boys in the HPV vaccination programme in Swedish primary schools

In Gender & Sex, Sex & relationships education, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Young people

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Ylva Odenbring & Lisa Lindén (2023) Gender, sex and equal health: school nurses’ strategies and experiences of including boys in the HPV vaccination programme in Swedish primary schools, Sex Education, 23:5, 617-630, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2022.2106959 Abstract: Since autumn 2020, boys in the fifth year of school (11-year-old students) in Sweden have been offered human papillomavirus (HPV)...

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School-based relationships and sexuality education programmes in primary school

By J Pope

In Sex & relationships education

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Roxana Aguilar Alonso, Kerryann Walsh, Lisa van Leent & Claire Moran (2023) School-based relationships and sexuality education programmes in primary schools: contexts, mechanisms and outcomes, Sex Education, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2023.2167816 Abstract: This paper presents findings from a literature review on relationships and sexuality education for primary (elementary) school programme...

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Queensland overhauls sex education with the Respectful Relationships Education Hub

By J Pope

In Sex & relationships education, Young people

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Queensland Government, October 2022 The Queensland government has overhauled the way respectful relationships and sexual consent is taught in schools. Revamped educational materials — such as lesson plans — are available for Queensland teachers to use with students from next year. The Respectful Relationships Hub also contains resources for parents and carers, and for students. In March 2021, the...

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More than babies and bodies, young people want 21st Century sex education

By J Pope

In Sex & relationships education, Young people

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Commissioner for Children and Young People, Jun 6, 2021 Commissioner Helen Connolly has today released Sex Education in South Australia – a report on the relevance of the sex education being taught to children and young people across the State. The report examines whether the relationships and sexual health education currently being delivered to students in South Australia’s public and...

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Not as simple as ‘no means no’: what young people need to know about consent

By J Pope

In Sex & relationships education

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The Conversation, Feb. 23, 2021 A recent petition circulated by Sydney school girl Chanel Contos called for schools to provide better education on consent, and to do so much earlier. The term “consent” is often associated with sex, but it’s much broader than that. It relates to permission and how to show respect for ourselves and for other people. Consent should therefore be addressed in an age...

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Opinion: Relationships & sex education now mandatory in English schools – Australia should do the same

By J Pope

In Sex & relationships education, Young people

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Jacqueline Hendriks,The Conversation, September 9, 2020 6.07am AEST Relationships and sex education became compulsory throughout schools in England at the beginning of September 2020. In primary schools the course will focus on relationships, while secondary schools will include topics such as managing intimate relationships, consent and online behaviour. Schools — including government...

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