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Article: An evaluation of the choices and changes student program: a grade four to seven sexual health education program based on the Canadian guidelines for sexual health education.
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- December 22, 2000
- Author:
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ABSTRACT: This article describes the first reported outcome evaluation of a family life/sexual health education program for elementary school students in Canada. The program, called Choices and Changes, was designed following concepts in the Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education (Health Canada, 1994) and has been to presented to grade 4-7 students at a school in Whitehorse, Yukon, for the past four years (1998-2001). Parents/guardians provided input on program objectives and a parent component was added in 2000. Pooled scores for classroom evaluations of all grades in 1999-2001 showed modest increases in knowledge that remained at 3-4 month follow-up; notable ...