| dc.creator |
Mkumbo, Kitila A. K. |
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| dc.date |
2016-03-10T10:46:43Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-03-10T10:46:43Z |
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| dc.date |
2010 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2018-04-18T12:18:39Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2018-04-18T12:18:39Z |
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| 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. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/823 |
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| dc.identifier |
10.1080/14681810903491396 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11218 |
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| dc.description |
Full text available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14681810903491396 |
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| 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. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Sex Education |
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| dc.subject |
Tanzanian parents |
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| dc.subject |
school-based sex |
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| dc.subject |
relationships education |
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| dc.title |
What Tanzanian Parents Want (and do not want) Covered in School-Based Sex and Relationships Education |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article |
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