Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Alldred, Pam; Fox, Nick; Kulpa, Robert
Titel	Engaging Parents with Sex and Relationship Education: A UK Primary School Case Study
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 75 (2016) 7, S.855-868 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896916634114
Schlagwörter	Parent Participation; Parent Child Relationship; Focus Groups; Questionnaires; Childrens Literature; Sexuality; Sex Education; Elementary School Students; Parent Attitudes; Anxiety; Intervention; Case Studies; Curriculum; Familiarity; Instructional Materials; Foreign Countries; Ethnography; Statistical Analysis; Semi Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Probability; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fragebogen; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Sexualität; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Elternverhalten; Angst; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Ethnografie; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Großbritannien
Abstract	Objective: To assess an intervention to familiarise parents with children's books for use in primary (5-11 years) sex and relationship education (SRE) classes. Method: Case study of a 7-week programme in one London primary school, using ethnographic observation, semi-structured interviews and focus groups with parents (n = 7) and key stakeholders (n = 4), and pre- and post-programme self-completion questionnaires (n = 9). Results: Parents reported increased understanding of the SRE curriculum and awareness of relevant children's books, enhanced interactions with their children on SRE topics and some positive effects on partners and attitudes towards the school. There was increased confidence in addressing issues in the SRE curriculum for parents of 8- to 10-year-olds, although reduced confidence for one mother. Conclusions: Familiarising parents with materials has the potential to enhance SRE, by improving coherence between educators' and parents' messages to children about sex and relationships, increased discussion of SRE topics in parent-child conversations and reduced parental anxiety about topics such as sexual orientation. Future challenges of involving fathers, scalability and sustainability highlight the dilemma of how best to enable parental choice or make equalities interventions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01