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Article: Teacher perspectives after implementing a human sexuality education program.
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- December 1, 1989
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Teacher Perspectives after Implementing a Human Sexuality Education Program
Preparation of teachers to teach human sexuality education is imperative due to the multitude of adolescent health risks associated with AIDS, teen-age pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases. [1,2] Considerable money and effort have been expended to develop and disseminate educational materials for use in human sexuality education and AIDS education programs, and support for the programs on the state and district levels has increased rapidly in recent years. [3] However, as Berman and McLaughlin [4] state, "the bridge between a promising idea and its impact on students is ...