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Utah's Sexual Education Challenges

This document discusses sex education in Utah and outlines the need for improved education. Currently, Utah provides abstinence-only education that excludes discussion of safe sex practices and homosexuality. However, many argue comprehensive sex education is needed to provide students with accurate information to make informed decisions. A survey of 60 Utah middle and high school students found the majority felt they learned something new from a peer-led sex education lesson and were more engaged being taught by another student. The document calls for advocating to implement comprehensive sex education in Utah schools to discuss important topics like consent, relationships, contraception, and STIs in order to improve sexual health outcomes for youth.

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Utah's Sexual Education Challenges

This document discusses sex education in Utah and outlines the need for improved education. Currently, Utah provides abstinence-only education that excludes discussion of safe sex practices and homosexuality. However, many argue comprehensive sex education is needed to provide students with accurate information to make informed decisions. A survey of 60 Utah middle and high school students found the majority felt they learned something new from a peer-led sex education lesson and were more engaged being taught by another student. The document calls for advocating to implement comprehensive sex education in Utah schools to discuss important topics like consent, relationships, contraception, and STIs in order to improve sexual health outcomes for youth.

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Is Sexual Education, Sexual

Education?
Samantha Motta

Before 2016

1912: National Education Association recommended


that teachers should be trained to provide students
with information concerning sexuality and sexual
health
1960: Birth control pill was introduced and it
brought controversy over what should be taught
1986: US Surgeon General Koop issued a report that
called for sex education, including HIV prevention
and condom use, in all US public schools beginning
at an elementary level

Sex Ed in Utah

Abstinence Only
Is it effective?
How effective?
What is taught?

Sex Ed in Utah cont.


Some worry that, if not taught in school, young
people will not obtain accurate information on
sex, contraceptives, and Sexually Transmitted
Infections (STIs). Others fear that teaching safe
sex will encourage adolescent sexual activity,
breaking norms of society. Currently, Utah sex
education excludes discussion of contraceptive
use, homosexuality, and sex outside of marriage.

Importance

Accurate information is not being given


1 in 4 teens in high school will contract an STI
Teens and young adults learn more from the
media rather than in schools
WHAT DO WE DO?

Survey

60 Students from West High School and


Bryant Middle School
Ages 12-18
Questions based on a scale
4 questions total

Survey cont.
My Questions: Agree or Disagree
Was this lesson helpful?
Did you learn something new in this lesson
that you didnt before?
Did you like being taught by a student/teen?
Were you more attentive being taught by a
student/teen?

What you should know

Safe sex prevents against STIs


Always talk to your partner about having safe
sex
Use barriers when practicing safe sex
All of us are sexual
Puberty happens to everyone
Sex is a word

Results
Was this lesson helpful?
100%

Did you enjoy being taught


by a student/teen?
80%

90%

70%

80%
70%

60%

60%

50%

50%
40%
30%
20%

Yes helpful
Not
helpful

40%
30%
20%

10%

10%

0%

0%

Yes I did
enjoy
being
taught by
a peer
No I
didn't
enjoy
being
taught by
a teen

Results
Did you learn something new?
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%

Learned something
new
Did not learn
something new

50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Agree

Disagree

Results
Information that is new

Healthy Relationships; 13%


Anatomy & Physiology; 17%

Consent; 35%

STIs; 35%

Results

Were you more attentive being


taught by a student/teen?

80%
70%
60%
50%
Yes attentive
No attentive

40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Agree

Disagree

How to talk to a parent

Ask questions and make sure that they get


answered
the talk is not a one time thing
Express your gender role or identity
Ask for the truth. Always
Ask about birth control
Be clear about your terms on dating

Contraceptive Choices

IUD
Implant
The Shot
POPS (Progestin-only Birth Control Pills)
The Pill
Morning after pill
The Ring
The Patch
A Diaphragm
The Sponge
Spermicide
Condoms (both male and female)
Abstinence

Hope for a better Utah

We need to know the facts


Advocate
Lobby
Create Bills
Send Letters/ E-mails
Show that this issue should not be ignored

Lessons

Healthy Relationships
STIs
Sexual Consent
Contraception
Sexual Assault
Anatomy and Physiology
Gender
Sexual Orientation

Healthy Relationships

When it comes to relationships, what are my


values and beliefs?
What are the qualities Im looking for in a
relationship?
What are the differences between healthy and
unhealthy behaviors in relationships?
How can I talk to my partner when we have
disagreements?

STIs

What is the only method that will give


someone 100% protection from sexually
transmitted infections?
What are some signs and symptoms of sexually
transmitted infections?
What can someone do to reduce their risk of
sexually transmitted infections?
What are the impacts of sexually transmitted
infections?

Gender

What are the differences between biological


sex, gender, gender identity, gender roles, and
gender stereotypes?
What are societal messages about gender?
What impact do societal messages about
gender have on people?

Programs/Resources

Teen Council
Planned Parenthood
Utah Pride Center
YWCA
Rape Recovery Center

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