National Trends and Disparate Access to Formal and Informal Sex Education among Youth Involved with the Child Welfare System in the USA

Autor/inn/en	Brasileiro, Julia; Widman, Laura; Norwalk, Kate; Mccrimmon, Jordyn; Mullins, Lily
Titel	National Trends and Disparate Access to Formal and Informal Sex Education among Youth Involved with the Child Welfare System in the USA
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 23 (2023) 6, S.723-739 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Brasileiro, Julia) ORCID (Widman, Laura) ORCID (Norwalk, Kate) ORCID (Mccrimmon, Jordyn) ORCID (Mullins, Lily)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2022.2134102
Schlagwörter	Child Welfare; Sex Education; Access to Education; Adolescents; Course Content; Incidence; Pregnancy; Socioeconomic Status; Individual Characteristics; Contraception + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kursprogramm; Vorkommen; Schwangerschaft; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Empfängnisverhütung
Abstract	This study investigated whether youth involved with the child welfare system in the USA are receiving formal and informal sex education. Data come from the Second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing, a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents in contact with child protective services. Participants included young people (n = 1093, aged 11-21) involved with the child welfare system. Participants reported whether they had received formal sex education about a) abstinence only; b) contraceptives/condoms only; c) abstinence and contraceptives/condoms; or d) none. They also reported whether they knew where to access family planning services. We examined the prevalence of sex education experiences and differences in sex education access and knowledge based on participants' pregnancy history and sociodemographic characteristics. Only half (49%) of participants had received any form of formal sex education. Pregnant youth were less likely to have received any sex education compared to non-pregnant youth . 72% of adolescents who had received sex education about contraceptives/condoms reported knowing where to access family planning services compared to only 46% of adolescents who had not received this sex education . There is a pressing need for comprehensive sex education among youth involved with the child welfare system. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01