Provision of Sexuality Education in Secondary Schools, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, and Peru, 2015

This study aimed to document how existing sexuality education policies and curricula are implemented in schools in developing countries through case studies of 4 countries. These data come from ten of twelve surveys: principals, teachers and students in Ghana and Kenya, and teachers and principals in Guatemala and Peru. In each country, three regions were purposively selected to represent geographic, ethnic and cultural diversity. In each region, the research team selected a representative sample of secondary schools, for a total of 60-80 schools in each country. The surveys of principals and teachers were interviewer-administered, and elicited detailed information on the content, approach and format of teaching sexuality education in each of the sampled schools, assessment methods, teacher training, and opinions on successes and failures of the program. The survey of students was self-administered at school with detailed guidance from fieldworkers. It assessed students' knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding sexuality and reproductive health, obtained opinions on strengths and weaknesses in the curriculum and teaching, and asked for their preferences regarding content, teaching approach, format and timing of the sexuality education program.

本研究旨在通过对四个国家的案例研究，详尽记录现有性教育政策和课程在发展中国家学校中的实施情况。这些数据来源于十二项调查中的十项：包括加纳和肯尼亚的校长、教师和学生，以及危地马拉和秘鲁的教师和校长。在每个国家，为了代表地理、民族和文化多样性，有目的地选取了三个地区。在每个地区，研究团队选取了代表性的中学样本，总计每个国家60-80所学校。校长和教师的调查由访谈员进行，收集了关于样本学校性教育教学内容、方法及格式的详细信息，评估方法、教师培训，以及对项目成功与失败的看法。学生的调查在学校由工作人员提供详细指导，进行自我管理，评估学生对性及生殖健康的知识、态度和行为，收集对课程和教学的优缺点意见，并询问他们对内容、教学方法、格式和性教育项目时间安排的偏好。