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What Tanzanian Parents Want (and do not want) Covered in School-Based Sex and Relationships Education

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dc.creator Mkumbo, Kitila A. K.
dc.date 2016-03-10T10:46:43Z
dc.date 2016-03-10T10:46:43Z
dc.date 2010
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:50:05Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:50:05Z
dc.identifier Mkumbo, K.A. and Ingham, R., 2010. What Tanzanian parents want (and do not want) covered in school-based sex and relationships education. Sex Education, 10(1), pp.67-78.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/823
dc.identifier 10.1080/14681810903491396
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10520
dc.description Full text available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14681810903491396
dc.description Despite evidence that demonstrates the benefits of school-based sex and relationships education (SRE) in promoting and protecting young people’s sexual health, there are still controversies regarding what should be covered in the SRE curriculum among different stakeholders, including parents. This study assessed Tanzanian parents’ attitudes towards the provision of SRE in schools in order to ascertain their level of support and what they wanted covered in school-based SRE. Two hundred and eightyseven parents, recruited from one urban district and one rural district, completed a questionnaire assessing their attitudes towards school-based SRE. Results show that, in both districts, more than 75% supported the provision of SRE in schools as well as the inclusion of a wide range of topics in school-based SRE curriculum. However, the results also show that parents do not equally welcome the inclusion of some topics – especially those in the domain of attitudes and values, such as homosexuality and masturbation. The study concludes that, although parents may object to the inclusion of some topics, they generally support the provision of SRE in schools. It is hoped that the results of this study will help to overcome some of the resistance to a more widespread introduction of SRE in Tanzanian schools that rests on fears of parental reaction.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Sex Education
dc.subject Tanzanian parents
dc.subject school-based sex
dc.subject relationships education
dc.title What Tanzanian Parents Want (and do not want) Covered in School-Based Sex and Relationships Education
dc.type Journal Article


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