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Article: Sexual health education: attitudes, knowledge, and comfort of teachers in New Brunswick Schools.
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
- Author:
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ABSTRACT. We surveyed 336 teachers in elementary and middle schools in New Brunswick to assess their attitudes towards sexual health education (SHE), the importance they assign to sexual health topics, their knowledge about and comfort teaching these topics, and the grade at which they think these topics should be introduced. Ninety-three percent of teachers supported school-based SHE. Most teachers (78%) thought SHE should start in elementary school; 97% indicated it should start by middle school. The teachers reported that the sexual health curriculum should include a broad range of topics, yet, on average, they felt only somewhat knowledgeable about sexual health. ...