Doing Relationships and Sexuality Education with Young People in State Care

Autor/inn/en	Hyde, Abbey; Fullerton, Deirdre; McKeown, Caroline; Lohan, Maria; Dunne, Laura; Macdonald, Geraldine
Titel	Doing Relationships and Sexuality Education with Young People in State Care
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 76 (2017) 2, S.194-205 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896916655181
Schlagwörter	Sex Education; Sexuality; Interpersonal Relationship; Delivery Systems; Educational Practices; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Foster Care; Caregivers; Caregiver Attitudes; State Programs; Individual Development; Emotional Development; Interpersonal Competence; Daily Living Skills; Intimacy; Foreign Countries; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Sexualität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Auslieferung; Bildungspraxis; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Pflegehilfe; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Regierungsprogramm; Individuelle Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Alltagsfertigkeit; Intimität; Ausland; Irland
Abstract	Background: Existing literature indicates that young people in state care have particular sexual health needs that include addressing their social and emotional well-being, yet little has been published as to how these components of sex education are actually delivered by service-providers. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse the processes involved in delivering relationship and sexuality education to young people in state care from the perspectives of a sample of service-providers with a role in sexual health-care delivery. Design: Qualitative methodological strategy. Setting: Service-delivery sites at urban and rural locations in Ireland. Method: A total of 22 service-providers were interviewed in depth, and data were analysed using a qualitative analytical strategy resembling modified analytical induction. Findings: Participants proffered their perceptions and examples of their practices of sex education in relation to the following themes: (1) acknowledging the multi-dimensional nature of sexual health in the case of young people in care; (2) personal and emotional development education to address poor self-esteem, emotional disconnectedness and an inability to recognise and express emotions; (3) social skills' education as part of a repertoire of competencies needed to negotiate relationships and safer sex; (4) the application of positive social skills embedded in everyday social situations; and (5) factual sexuality education. Conclusion: Insights into service-providers' perceptions of the multi-dimensional nature of the sexual health needs of young people in state care, and the ways in which these service-providers justified their practice make visible the complex character of sex education and the degree of skill required to deliver it to those in state care. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01