Sex Education For Children Research Articles

Questioning inclusive city quality: Teachers' perspectives and experiences in sexuality education for children with special needs in Indonesia

This study explores the significance of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for Children with Special Needs (CWSNs) within regular early childhood education settings in two inclusive cities: Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Using a qualitative phenomenological approach, the research examines the perspectives, confidence, and experiences of Early Childhood Education (ECE) educators who teach CWSNs about sexuality. Participants underscored CSE's role in empowering CWSNs against sexual violence and addressing maladaptive behaviors, despite challenges such as societal misconceptions, curriculum deficits, and insufficient teacher preparedness. Educators' confidence in delivering CSE is hampered by their general educational backgrounds and the absence of specialized educators capable of effectively tailoring programs to individual student needs. Teaching methods varied, encompassing sign language for deaf children, repetitive language with engaging media for those with autism, and approaches sensitive to cultural and religious norms when addressing Body Awareness and Genital Function, Understanding Identity and Gender Roles, and Fostering Personal Boundaries and Safety. Participants advocate for a comprehensive approach to SE inclusivity, emphasizing collaborative efforts among diverse stakeholders and multidisciplinary expertise. They call for clearer policies and sustained support from educational authorities to develop evidence-based curricula and provide comprehensive teacher training. Addressing disparities between privately owned and government-run institutions is crucial for ensuring equitable integration of SE into educational practice.

“Hidden” Early Childhood Sex Education: Rational Reflection and Practical Approaches

“Hidden” Early Childhood Sex Education: Rational Reflection and Practical Approaches

ЭЛЕКТРОННАЯ ШКОЛА РЕПРОДУКТИВНОГО ЗДОРОВЬЯ, ПРЕДПОСЫЛКИ И РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ВНЕДРЕНИЯ НА РЕГИОНАЛЬНОМ УРОВНЕ

The problem of preserving the reproductive health of the population remains relevant from year to year, and with it the search for new opportunities to provide the population with effective preventive care. We took into account the existing need to improve the reproductive health system for girls and adolescents, analyzed data on the needs and capabilities of participants in sex education for children and adolescents, and developed an electronic “School of Reproductive Health.” This article is devoted to the features of the school structure, its technical and information content. To ensure the effective operation of the school, the main groups of participants in the process of sex education have been identified and the tasks for each of them have been carefully described. An analysis of the results of using the school was carried out using a sociological survey of 115 parents of children and adolescents who attended the electronic school for reproductive health. Based on the results of the survey, it was determined that the structure of the school turned out to be absolutely user-friendly, and the recommendations received at the school were useful for the vast majority of respondents. More than 95% of users noted that the e-school increases or rather increases the level of their knowledge in matters of maintaining reproductive health and conducting sex education. As a result, according to the surveyed users, the electronic school of reproductive health can completely (51.3%) or partially (36.5%) replace the need to visit a pediatrician or obstetrician-gynecologist for preventive purposes to explain issues of reproductive health and sex education. The average score of readiness to recommend visiting the described information resource is 9.5 out of 10 points. As a result, the implemented project of the electronic “School of Reproductive Health” made it possible to increase the accessibility and effectiveness of the preventive work of the system for protecting the reproductive health of children and adolescents at the regional level.

Playful Pathways to Age-Appropriate Sexual Education: Crafting Board Game Media for 4-6-Year-Olds

Sex education is very important for early childhood because it helps children avoid the rampant cases of violence that have recently occurred in children. In addition, knowledge related to sex education among educators, parents and even BKB cadres is still minimal. Therefore, it really needs the right media to educate in giving sex education properly. This study aims to develop a board game to introduce sex education from an early age to children aged 4-6 years, in addition to testing the feasibility of board games in terms of validity and effectiveness. This research is research and development using the ADDIE model. The sample in this study was 30 children aged 4-6 years in the KB village of Ambon city. The data in this study were obtained through two main techniques, namely interviews and observations. In the initial phase, the data were analyzed qualitatively to understand the perspectives held by Family Planning (KB) facilitators and parents regarding early childhood sex education. Subsequently, in the evaluation phase, quantitative analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics obtained from expert validation, teacher response questionnaires, and student observation sheets. The results of this analysis were used to provide insights into the validity, utility, and effectiveness of the product developed in this research. The feasibility of using board games, seen from the aspect of validity, was obtained through the assessment of media experts and material experts. In contrast, the effectiveness aspect was obtained through observing the ability to understand sex education in children aged 4 to 6 years. The results showed that the board game was feasible in terms of the validity aspect of the material in the very good category, the validity aspect of the media in the very good category, and the effectiveness aspect in the good category.

Research on Early Childhood Sexual Education in China

Traditional Chinese ideology and social customs have exerted a certain influence on the field of sex education. Sex education has long been regarded as a sensitive and taboo subject, causing many Chinese to remain silent on the issue or to regard it as an unspeakable secret. As a result of this phenomenon, China has been relatively weak in terms of children's sex education, and even in some areas, sex education is almost blank. Nevertheless, the importance of children's sex education cannot be overstated. For children, recognizing their own bodies, understanding the concept of gender, learning to protect themselves, and developing good habits are all crucial life skills. This study adopted the literature analysis method to read and analyze the relevant research literature in depth, and to explore how to improve children's sexuality education in China from the three levels of society, family, and school. This will not only help children establish a correct concept of sexual knowledge, but also enable them to better understand and accept sex in the future, thus avoiding the possible psychological pressure and distress caused by a lack of sexual knowledge. The conclusion of this study emphasizes that only through the joint efforts of society, schools and families can a comprehensive improvement in children's sex education be achieved.

The Concept of Sex Education in Children's Perspective Yusuf Madani

The Concept of Sex Education in Children's Perspective Yusuf Madani

PENDIDIKAN SEKSUAL PADA ANAK SD SEBAGAI UPAYA MENURUNKAN KEJAHATAN SEKSUAL DI LINGKUNGAN SEKITAR

In the current era of digitalization, many elementary school children do not make good use of technology. Thus the role of teachers is important in managing children's behavior to prevent acts of sexual violence that will occur in their environment. In this case, a qualitative research method is used to compare the opinions of other journals, then reviewed in this discussion. By providing education to students, it can prevent and reduce sexual harassment. Sex education in children is very important to prevent violence and sexual deviations in children. Sex education in children needs to be implemented gradually and in accordance with the age and level of development of the child. It can be concluded that sex education plays an important role in efforts to reduce the level of sexual harassment and crime, because by providing socialization related to sex education to elementary school students, children will be more understanding and mentally healthy.

Parents' role in early sex education introduction for childhood in Taman Pintar Daycare Banda Aceh

Early sex education is an important thing to give to the individual since their childhood as the preventive action of doing immoral behavior that happening nowadays. Giving sex education for children is the responsibility of all parties, such as parents, teachers, societies, and government. This study aims at constructing the role of parents in introducing early sex education for early childhood and to find out the supporting and inhibiting factors of parents in introducing early sex education in Taman Pintar day care Banda Aceh, Indonesia. By using a qualitative descriptive method, the study collected the data through in-depth interview and documentation. The informants are parents who have children aged 4-5 years with total of 8 people. Data analysis used in this study is reduce data, data collection, data presentation and conclusions drawing. The results of this study indicate that the role of parents in introducing early sex education in children aged 4-5 years is very important. They are the closest people to the children, so that parents can be the first source of information for children and can be a model for their children. The supporting factors are parental education, modelling healthy behavior and , media content. While the inhibiting factors are fear of premature knowledge and lack of parental education.

Early Childhood Sex Education in Islamic Nuances

Sex education is an effort to teach and provide information or what is more commonly referred to as basic skills and knowledge that are important to be given as early as possible, to deal with things that might happen in the future because over time and age, and how the formation character and pattern of behavior to be able to avoid deviant behavior. This journal discusses the study of how early childhood sex education is in Islamic nuances, because there are so many cases of sexual violence in early childhood, even in 2015 the Indonesian Child Protection Commission stated that early childhood sex cases are a problem that attacks life in Indonesia. This research uses the library research method, which is research conducted by reading books or magazines, and other library sources related to the topic studied. The results of this study are early childhood sex education in Islamic nuances, we can use it as one of the guidelines when there are many deviant behaviors related to sex. So, with this research, it is expected to be able to apply Islamic concepts to sex education itself.

Approaches and styles of mothers in sex education process of children and the related factors

IntroductionSex education supports the development of suitable sexual behaviors in children. However, due to the limitations of sexual issues in Iran, parents may have different sex education styles. This study aimed to assess the styles of mothers in the sex education process of children and the related factors.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study, from March to May 2021, 306 mothers with a 4–12-year-old child who were referred to the comprehensive health service centers in Rasht city were entered into the study by a convenience sampling method. The tool was a questionnaire of parents' sex education styles. Data analysis was performed with independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and the multiple linear regression model using SPSS software version 16.ResultsThe majority of the mothers had a mean age of 36.2 ± 6.4 years. The score of the authoritarian sex education style was significantly higher than the other styles (P < 0.001). According to the multivariate analysis, 40.6% of the changes in the strict style (R2 = 0.406), 32.7% of the changes in the permissive style (R2 = 0.327), and 36.1% of the changes in the authoritative style (R2 = 0.361) were explained by the personal characteristics of the participants.ConclusionThe authoritative style was a dominant sex education style. Identifying the factors associated with types of child sex education styles has an important role in promoting the health of children and the community. It is recommended that nursing policymakers identify related factors of sex education styles in mothers of different cultures, and therefore, implement training programs for empowering mothers.

Sexuality and sex education for children with developmental disabilities: Attitudes and concerns of parents in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana

Sexuality and sex education for children with developmental disabilities: Attitudes and concerns of parents in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana

PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN DENGAN MEDIA KOMIK TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN SEKS EDUKASI USIA DINI MELALUI PENDEKATAN HOLISTIK KEBIDANAN

Sexual violence is currently very high and rampant, based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO) it is estimated that around one billion children experience physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, injuries, become disordered and children aged 0 to 17 die as many as 40,150 due to violence globally. According to KPAI, there were 262 cases of sexual violence against children in 2019 and in 2020 it increased to 238 cases. In 2020, the Central Statistics Agency recorded 341 cases of sexual violence in South Sumatra. The high number of cases of sexual abuse that occur in children opens our eyes that there is still a lack of children's understanding of sex education. The use of Comic Media is a very fun learning medium for early childhood, the images in comics can animate a row of story texts so that they can easily convey messages to children about sex education in early childhood, so they can anticipate the dangers that will threaten them. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of health education using comic media on sex knowledge in early childhood education through a holistic midwifery approach. This research is a quasi-experimental study with one group pretest and posttest without control. Sampling was carried out by total sampling and univariate analysis using the T-dependent test. The results of this study indicate that there are differences in knowledge before and after being given educational sex comics with a p-value of 0.000. It is hoped that this research can contribute to sex education in children starting as early as possible and it is hoped that in the future there will be more media modifications that can be used to introduce sex from an early age to children.

Mothers and Educators' Perspectives on Sex Education of Children Between 3 and 5 Years Old: A Qualitative Study

Introduction: Preschool sex education plays an important role in endorsing sexual health. Objective: This qualitative study aims to determine the mothers’ and trainers’ perspectives regarding the sex education of 3-5 years old children living in Karaj City, Iran. Materials and Methods: The study participations were 20 mothers and 10 kindergarten trainers. To collect data, semi-structured and deep interviews were held with them within 2 months. Interviews went on until data saturation. Simple random sampling was used to choose the kindergartens and purposeful sampling to select the study samples according to the inclusion criteria with maximum diversity. The interviews were recorded after permission was obtained from mothers and trainers. The interviews were typed instantly. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: In this study, 20 mothers aged 27 to 51 and trainers aged 25 to 40 participated. After analyzing 92 codes, three main categories and one to three subcategories were extracted. The extracted themes were “sex education requirements” and “sex education situations.” Based on the results, mothers did not have a specific definition of sex education. Most participants believed that education must start from the family. Furthermore, the interviewed mothers thought, “You must not lie to children.” Some believed the mother is responsible for the child’s sex education, while some believed in sex analogy. Conclusion: Based on the study results, mothers do not have an appropriate definition of sex education. The proper start age for sex education is over 3, and the closest person in one’s family must implement sex education.

A Phenomenological Study on Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jakarta

This research is motivated by the researchers' concern about children, especially adolescents with autism. Autism is not a mental illness but it is a disorder that affects the brain, causing it to not function properly. This can be seen in the behavior of children with autism. The purpose of this research is to find out the experiences of parents of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. This research uses a qualitative research design with a research approach to phenomenology. The result of this research showed that sex knowledge of children with autism spectrum disorder is still limited to knowledge of differences between male and female sexes. They obtained sexual knowledge education from schools, while some received it from teachers, therapists, and parents. The level of independence is high. Sexual prohibition is important to give children the knowhow to maintain behavior towards the opposite sex. To improve the sexual health education of parents who have children with autism spectrum disorder, they can attend sexual education seminars.

초등 5⋅6학년 자녀를 둔 어머니의 성에 대한 인식 연구

Objectives It is intended to be provided as basic data to find out the perception of “sex” of mothers with children in fifth and sixth grades in elementary school in Korea and seek ways to develop sex education programs thereafter.&#x0D; Methods From 2001 when comprehensive sex education was activated to 2022, when a new trend of sex education was introduced, a total of 7,614 documents were searched to find out the gender perception of mothers with 5th and 6th graders in Korea. Related literature examined abstracts, research design and research methods, and research results, and looked at parents' satisfaction with changes in adulthood. Next, from November 1st to December 30th, 2022, 20 mothers who applied for child sex education in the 5th and 6th grades of elementary school were recruited to conduct a total of 16 hours and 8 interviews for 2 hours per team from January 2nd to March 3rd, 2023. Interview interviews were transcribed including all prominent or distinctive cases such as mother's verbal expression, body movement, non-verbal expression, and team atmosphere, and related contents were visualized with frequency analysis and word cloud for easy recognition.&#x0D; Results The perception of “sex” of mothers with children in the 5th and 6th grades of elementary school in Korea was as follows. First, the perception of adulthood was different according to the mother's social and personal perceptions, and negative perception and sexual attitude were shown. Second, mothers only had a superficial understanding of sex education, and it was found that smooth interaction with their children about “sex” was difficult. Third, changes in perception of the occurrence of sex problems and the need for practical preventive education were highlighted. Fourth, it was found that communication about “sex” was difficult even in close mother-child relationships. Fifth, it was found that realistic response to children's sexual curiosity was insufficient and difficult. Sixth, it was confirmed that sex education for mothers functions as a bridge for mothers and children and leads to an understanding of their children's proper sex.&#x0D; Conclusions For mothers with fifth and sixth graders in elementary school in Korea, “sex” should no longer be a sensitive topic, but systematic methods and measures should be sought to educate them to prevent sexual issues in their daily lives.

Optimizing Sexual Education in Students SD Negeri 43 Pekanbaru City

It is very important to introduce sex education to early childhood in order to protect children from violence or sexual abuse and bridge children's curiosity about things that lead to vulgarity. Sexuality education for children should be given when children ask questions related to this. Many of the research results suggest early sexuality education through activities in the community, especially in the world of education, bearing in mind that there are still many cases of sexual violence against children and continue to increase, plus in this modern era there are still many parents who are taboo about giving sex education to their children. their children, so it is expected that there is a need to optimize sex education. SD Negeri 43 Pekanbaru as a partner is one of the schools in the city of Pekanbaru, based on the discussion, the school said that sex education had never been carried out for their students and they would very much welcome anyone providing education about sexuality. The solution offered is by providing information about sex education through counseling and games methods, to determine the success of the education is carried out by giving pre-test and post-test before and after education. The pre and post-results show that there is a change in the mean between the pre-test and post-test with a difference of 0.404. Based on the statistical results, it was found that the p-value was 0.042, which was less than 0.05. It can be concluded that there is a difference between the value of sex education during the pre-test and post-test.

키워드 네트워크 분석을 활용한 유아 성교육 관련 연구 동향 분석

Objectives This study aims to identify research trends related to early childhood sex education using keyword network analysis. Methods Among domestic academic papers published from 2001 to 2022, 125 domestic academic papers related to early childhood sex education were selected, and frequency analysis and network analysis were performed on the subject words of the papers. Frequency analysis was conducted using the Excel 2016 program, and network centrality analysis was conducted using the UCINET 6 program. After that, the network built using Netdraw was visualized. Results First, research related to early childhood sex education was published more in the early period than in the late period, and it can be said that researchers' interest in early childhood sex education increased the most between 2001 and 2011. Second, as a result of keyword frequency analysis, it frequently appeared in the order of ‘sex role stereotypes’, ‘picture books’, and ‘content analysis’ in the first half, followed by ‘sex role stereotypes’, ‘picture books’, and ‘teacher's perception of sex education’. Third, connection centrality was shown in the order of ‘sex role stereotype’, ‘picture book’, ‘content analysis’, and ‘teacher's perception of sex education’ in the first half, followed by ‘sex role stereotype’, ‘picture book’, and ‘teacher's perception of sex education’. Proximity centrality appeared in the order of ‘picture book’, ‘sex role stereotype’, and ‘content analysis’ in the first half, followed by ‘sex role stereotype’, ‘picture book’, and ‘content analysis’. Mediation-centeredness appeared in the order of ‘sex role stereotypes’, ‘picture books’, ‘gender’ and ‘sex constancy’ in the first half, followed by ‘sex role stereotypes’, ‘picture books’, and ‘teachers’. The analysis of prestige centrality was in the order of ‘picture book’, ‘sex role stereotype’, and ‘teacher's perception of sex education’ in the first half, followed by ‘picture book’, ‘teacher's perception of sex education’, and ‘teacher's demand for sex education’. Conclusions These results are meaningful in that they reviewed research trends related to early childhood sex education and provided implications for future research related to early childhood sex education.

Prevention of Sexual Violence in Early Childhood Based on Parents’ Educational Level

Sexual violence is a complex phenomenon. Most of the perpetrators of sexual crimes have experienced sexual abuse as a child. This study aims to analyze research trends regarding early childhood sex education, the role of parents, and sexual violence. The design of this research is to use bibliometric analysis research. Data was collected using Publish or Perish software sourced from Google Scholar. As many as 1000 journals from 2020-2022 researchers analyzed using the VOS Viewer software. So that the results of research mapping on sex education, parents, and sexual violence were obtained. The results showed that the themes most often studied were parental, school, and sex education themes. The variable related to sex education that has the opportunity to be further researched is the relationship between sex education and the level of education of parents and disability. This study is only limited to knowing research patterns related to the theme of sex education, parent's education level, and sexual violence using the VOS Viewer software. This research shows that sex education is still not optimally instilled in children from an early age. Educators, both parents, and teachers, still consider sex education a taboo. So that children do not understand how to avoid when dealing with people who have evil intentions. Researchers hope that there will be more research for educators to provide sex education and realize the importance of sex education from an early age.

UNDERSTANDING OF SEX EDUCATION LITERACY: A CASE STUDY OF FOURTH AND FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS AT AZZAHRO SCHOOL TANGERANG

Understanding sex education for children is crucial to understand as a provision to select the right healthy friendship with their friends. It is a reason why this paper is made to provide clear counseling so that the students of SDI Azzahro Tangerang understand sex education as a provision in socializ ation along with the increasing level of violence and sexual abuse against children. The purpose of the research was to analyze the understanding of sex education for 4th and 5th graders at SDI Azzahro Tangerang. The research uses a q ualitative method with a descriptive phenomenological approach. The findings and results of the research indicate that after counseling about sex education, students have an understanding of sex education that can be applied in everyday life. The results can be recommended to teachers to provide teaching and learning materials consistently regarding sex education in order to obtain a further understanding for students.

빅데이터를 통해 살펴본 유아 성교육에 관한 키워드 네트워크 분석 연구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze major issues and discourses related to early childhood sex education in our society by extracting and analyzing key keywords related to early childhood education from big data that can be collected in online space.&#x0D; Methods Using the Textom platform, texts related to ‘childhood sex education’ from July 2017 to June 2022 were mined and refined in the first and second stages. By analyzing the frequency of refined keywords, the basic properties of the network and the centrality of each keyword were analyzed using the top 50 keywords. Afterwards, Ucinet 6 was used to examine the types within the network.&#x0D; Results As a result of frequency analysis, ‘storybook’, ‘child’, ‘sex’, ‘education’, ‘book’, ‘parent’, ‘number’, ‘start’, ‘mom’, and ‘kindergarten’ were the highest in order. As a result of testing the significance of the network data between the top 50 keywords, a statistically significant relationship was found between the network data, there was a statistically significant relationship between network data, and the analysis of centrality showed that the top 26 keywords had similar values in closeness and betweenness centrality, so each keyword was closely connected to each other. As a result of the type analysis within the network, ‘early childhood sex education through the media’, ‘family demand for early childhood sex education’, ‘educational awareness of early childhood sex education’, and ‘early childhood sex education through lecture’ appeared.&#x0D; Conclusions Through the results of this study, we discussed the development plan by understanding the perception and social context of early childhood sexual education in Korea for the last 5 years. This study is meaningful as basic data for developing various sex education programs based on social understanding of early childhood sex education.