Support for school-based sexuality education among South Carolina voters.
A random-digit dialed telephone survey was conducted in a traditionally conservative southern state to determine the level of support for sexuality education in the public schools including support for specific sexuality education topics, the earliest grade level at which each topic should be taught...
| Published in: | Journal of School Health Vol. 68; no. 5; pp. 205 - 213 |
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| Format: | clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May1998
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107301948&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107301948 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00224391 JOS jtl: Journal of School Health issn: 00224391 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: May1998 vid: 68 iid: 5 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 107301948 107301948 864604 864604 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1998.tb01304.x NLM9672860 107301948 ppf: 205 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Support for school-based sexuality education among South Carolina voters. aug: au: Lindley LL Reininger BM Vincent ML Richter DL Saunders RP Shi L affil: Adjunct Assistant Professor, 216 Health Sciences Building, Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 sug: subj: School Health Education Sex Education Public Opinion Evaluation Clinical Trials Attitude to Sexuality Surveys Telephone Interviews Stratified Random Sample Research Instruments Content Validity Descriptive Statistics Chi Square Test Logistic Regression Sampling Error Confidence Intervals Bivariate Statistics Race Factors Age Factors Sex Factors White Persons Black Persons Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over South Carolina Human Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: A random-digit dialed telephone survey was conducted in a traditionally conservative southern state to determine the level of support for sexuality education in the public schools including support for specific sexuality education topics, the earliest grade level at which each topic should be taught, and the amount of instruction time required for sexuality education in the high schools. Survey data were obtained from 534 South Carolina registered voters in late January/early February 1997. Results demonstrated that most South Carolina registered voters: 1) supported sexuality education in the public schools; 2) supported instruction on a variety of sexuality education topics; 3) supported instruction at all grade levels, especially beginning in middle school; and 4) believed instruction time for sexuality education in the high schools should either remain the same or be increased. In addition, a significant increase in support for sexuality education occurred from the beginning of the survey to the end, suggesting that the instrument itself may have served as an educational tool for respondents. The characteristics of registered voters who supported sexuality education at the beginning of the survey and at the end were examined and compared. These results may assist in the development of educational and marketing strategies designed to build support for school-based sexuality education programs in South Carolina and elsewhere. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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