Health and sexuality education in schools : the process of social change / Steven P. Ridini ; foreword by Charles V. Willie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridini, Steven P., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex instruction--United States.

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention--Study and teaching--United States.

Health education--United States.

Community and school--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recently there has been much debate over the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive health and sexuality education programs in Massachusetts public schools. Advocates of school-based comprehensive health education programs often use a public health approach to substantiate their position. They cite national and statewide statistics about adolescent sexual activity and unsafe sexual practice as a basis for providing students with the facts and the skills to make decisions to prevent pregnancy and the transmission of sexually-transmitted diseases. Opponents often speak about the parents' role in educating their sons and daughters and object to public school instruction that regards homosexuality and safe sex as acceptable choices. In the literature, many models of community organization focus on the decision-making structure within the community, rather than on the process of social change. Therefore, we often know who makes community decisions, without knowing much about how and why these decisions are made. In this study the process of social change is explored by conducting comparative case studies of two Massachusetts communities.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index.

ISBN:

9780313005305

0313005303

9780585394183

0585394180

OCLC:

49848322