1. SEX EDUCATION PROGRAM EVALUATION
ABBEY STONEMAN, AMY TROWBRIDGE, CARLY MOORE, & MARIE DANNER

2. FOCUSES IN SEX EDUCATION
Sexual health
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Reproduction
Contraceptives
Sexual Orientation
FOCUSES IN SEX EDUCATION

3. WHO REGULATES SEX EDUCATION PROGRAMS?
DETERMINED AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL
CAN BE INFLUENCED BY FEDERAL FUNDING

4. SEX EDUCATION TIMELINE
Teachers asked to include sex education in their curriculum of learning
1912
Sex education is more supported
1960’s
Sex education programs are more comprehensive
1980’s
20 states mandate sex education
Today
nine of which include education on sexual orientation
SEX EDUCATION TIMELINE

5. ABSTINENCE-ONLY Teaches sex after marriage
Excludes education on contraceptives and sexual orientation
ABSTINENCE-ONLY

6. COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
MEDICALLY BASED EDUCATION
INCLUDES EDUCATION ON
CONTRACEPTIVES

7. ABSTINENCE-ONLY VS. COMPREHENSIVE
Abstinence- only is ineffective in postponing teen sex, reduce the number of sexual partners of teens, increase the use of condoms, or helped sexually active teens become abstinent (Kirby, 2007)
Comprehensive sex education was much more likely to decrease risky sexual behavior in teens.

8. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Forty-four evidence based programs
Used in elementary education, middle school education, and high school education
has identified 44 evidence-based curricula that are effective at preventing teen pregnancies, reducing sexually transmitted infections, or reducing rates of associated sexual risk behaviors — sexual activity and number of partners — as well as increasing contraceptive use. These curricula are used in community based organizations (CBOs), elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and youth detention facilities (DHHS, 2016).
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

9. Literature Review

10. What is wrong with sex education in the United States?
No national regulation on sex education
Ineffective curricula taught in schools
Lack of LGBTQ+ inclusion
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11. #MySexEd
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Reference:

12. LGBTQ+ Stigma Lack of sex education Infectious diseases
Underrepresentation
Lack of sex education
Infectious diseases
Diorio, J. (2016). Changing Discourse, Learning Sex, and Non-coital Heterosexuality. Sexuality & Culture, 20(4), 841–861. doi: /s
Gordon, R., & Gere, D. (2016). Sex Squad: engaging humour to reinvigorate sexual health
education. Sex Education, 16(3), 324–336. Doi: /
Lapointe, A. (2014). Gay–straight alliance (GSA) members’ engagement with sex education in Canadian high schools. Sex Education, 14(6), 707–717. doi: /
OVERWHELMING underrepresentation
Only nine states require a discussion on LGBTQ+ identities
Seven southern states PROHIBIT the discussion
Either misinformed or NOT informed
Lack of education on STI/STDs (Sexually Transmitted Infections/Diseases)
Need allies
LGBTQ+

13. What’s working? Comprehensive School Programs (Fonner, 2014)
Online Programs (Mustanski, Greene, Ryan, & Whitton, 2015)
Educators - Nurses (Borawski, Tufts, Trapl, Hayman, Yoder, & Lovegreen, 2015)
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Comprehensive School Programs (Fonner, 2014)
Students gain a greater knowledge of safe sex - HIV awareness, contraceptives (condoms and birth control)
Students also have fewer sexual partners
Online Programs (Mustanski, Greene, Ryan, & Whitton, 2015))
Comfortable and safer educational environment
In a study of 202 LGBTQ participants, pre/post test show a significant differences in increased sexual safety, relationship communication, and lower sexually transmitted diseases
Educators - Nurses (Borawski, Tufts, Trapl, Hayman, Yoder, & Lovegreen, 2015)
In a study of approximately 1,300 students participated in a study in which three different kind of groups existed including a group taught by nurses, taught by teachers, and a control group.
This research shows that nurses may be the better instructors of the sexual education program in schools.

14. Proposal: Program Evaluation
Participants: N = 100, (18-21)
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population; 100 college freshman

15. Implications Advocacy for evidence based program curriculum
Promoting awareness and wellness within LGBTQ+ community
Advocacy for standardized sex education in all schools
Everyone!!!!
As future counselors who plan to work with a younger population….
- this is what we are hoping our study will change
- this is how we can use the results from our study

16. References
Diorio, J. (2016). Changing Discourse, Learning Sex, and Non-coital Heterosexuality. Sexuality & Culture, 20(4), 841–861. doi: /s
Douglas Kirby PhD (2007) Abstinence, Sex, and STD/HIV Education Programs for Teens: Their Impact on Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Sexually Transmitted Disease, Annual Review of Sex Research, 18:1, , DOI: /
Gordon, R., & Gere, D. (2016). Sex Squad: engaging humor to reinvigorate sexual health education. Sex Education, 16(3), 324–336. Doi: /
Lapointe, A. (2014). Gay–straight alliance (GSA) members’ engagement with sex education in Canadian high schools. Sex Education, 14(6), 707–717. doi: /
Plannedparenthood.org. (2017). Planned Parenthood at a Glance. [online] Available at: [Accessed 12 April. 2019].