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ERIC Number: EJ1467638
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1468-1811
EISSN: EISSN-1472-0825
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Parental Involvement in School-Based Sexuality Education in the WHO European Region: Findings from a Scoping Review and Expert Consultations
De Meyer Sara1; Sayneb Al-Baghdadi2; Kristien Michielsen3
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v25 n3 p406-422 2025
There is a major political commitment at the European Union level to providing good quality sexuality education in schools. Multiple studies in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region have demonstrated the importance of sexuality education for the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Parents' role in providing information about sex, sexuality and relationships has also been widely recognised, though we know little about the involvement of parents in school-based sexuality education and the possible outcomes. We conducted a scoping review to systematically identify initiatives within the WHO European Region that involve parents in school-based sexuality education. We identified five programmes -- four of which had been implemented in the UK and one in Turkey. In addition, online expert consultations provided professional insights and resources related to the topic. This review indicates that initiatives to involve parents in school-based SE exist within the region. Although our results refer to the benefits of involving parents in school-based sexuality education, such as improving communication between parents and children and contributing to parental trust in a school's approach to sexuality education, it also indicates barriers, for example, lack of time on the part of parents and teachers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; Turkey; Europe
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Author Affiliations: 1Independent consultant, Carahue, Chile; 2German Federal Centre for Health Education, BZgA – WHO Collaborating Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Cologne, Germany; 3Department of Neurosciences, Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies, Leuven, Belgium