Beyond Condoms: What CSHE Includes
Beyond Condoms: What Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Includes
Outside of traditional sexual health education, comprehensive sexual health education includes:
- Anatomy and Physiology (AP) provides a foundation for understanding basic human
Beyond Condoms: What CSHE Includes
Beyond Condoms: What Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Includes
Outside of traditional sexual health education, comprehensive sexual health education includes:
- Anatomy and Physiology (AP) provides a foundation for understanding basic human functioning.
- Puberty and Adolescent Development (PD) addresses a pivotal milestone for every person that has an impact on physical, social and emotional development.
- Identity (ID) and orientation addresses several fundamental aspects of people’s understanding of who they are.
- Pregnancy and Reproduction (PR) addresses information about how pregnancy happens and decision-making to avoid a pregnancy.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV (SH) provides both content and skills for understanding and avoiding STIs, including how they are transmitted, their signs and symptoms, as well as the importance of testing and treatment.
- Healthy Relationships (HR) offers guidance to students on how to successfully navigate relationships especially between partners. Special emphasis is given in the National Sexuality Education Standards to the increasing use and impact of technology within relationships.
- Personal Safety (PS) emphasizes the the understanding of consent and ensuring learning environments are free from stigma and shame.
The Case for Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
- Comprehensive sexual health education has been found to be effective in delaying the onset of sexual intercourse, reducing the number of sexual partners, and increasing contraception and condom use among teens. Emerging Answers 2007, an authoritative and comprehensive review of research findings on the effectiveness of