Doing relationships and sexuality education with young people in state care
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Title: | Doing relationships and sexuality education with young people in state care | Authors: | Hyde, Abbey; Fullerton, Deirdre; McKeown, Caroline; et al. | Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7764 | Date: | 1-Mar-2017 | Online since: | 2016-07-19T15:56:24Z | 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. | Funding Details: | Health Service Executive | Type of material: | Journal Article | Publisher: | Sage Publications | Journal: | Health Education Journal | Volume: | 76 | Issue: | 2 | Start page: | 194 | End page: | 205 | Copyright (published version): | 2016 the Authors | Keywords: | Ireland; Looked-after young people; Relationship education; Sex education; State care | DOI: | 10.1177/0017896916655181 | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Peer reviewed | This item is made available under a Creative Commons License: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ |
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