Korean J Women Health Nurs.  2007 Mar;13(1):35-42.

Teachers' Needs Analysis about Contents of Sexual Education for the Lower Grades of Primary School

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  • 1Division of Nursing, Hallym University,39 Hallymdaehak-gil, Chuncheon, Korea. ghjeong@hallym.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was done to discover the contents needed for a sexual education program in the lower grades (the first to the third grade) by primary school teachers and to discover difficulties in confronting sexual education. METHOD: This was a descriptive study of 198 teachers for lower grade students in 15 primary schools. A questionnaire on sexual education was distributed and collected by mail. RESULT: The contents for sexual education that teachers felt were highly needed are as follows: sanitation of genitals, sexual violence, pregnancy & childbirth, family, self-assertion, and sexual self-determination. Teachers think prevention of sexual violence is the main reason for sexual education. Teachers indicated that sexual education considering the developmental stage was difficult.
CONCLUSION
Development of a sexual education curriculum for lower grade primary school students is necessary for increasing the problem-solving ability of students focused on sexual violence, self-assertion and sexual self-determination, in addition to providing simple information.

Keyword

Child; Schools; Sex education

MeSH Terms

Child
Curriculum
Education*
Humans
Parturition
Postal Service
Pregnancy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sanitation
Sex Education
Sex Offenses
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