TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual and Gender Minority Youth and Sexual Health Education
T2 - A Systematic Mapping Review of the Literature
AU - Pampati, Sanjana
AU - Johns, Michelle M.
AU - Szucs, Leigh E.
AU - Bishop, Meg D.
AU - Mallory, Allen B.
AU - Barrios, Lisa C.
AU - Russell, Stephen T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grant P2CHD042849 and T32HD007081 awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development . This research was also supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health through a grant awarded to Allen B. Mallory grant number F31MH115608. Box 1 Box 2
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Purpose: To synthesize the diverse body of literature on sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) and sexual health education. Methods: We conducted a systematic search of the literature on SGMY and sexual health education, including SGMY perspectives on sexual health education, the acceptability or effectiveness of programs designed for SGMY, and SGMY-specific results of sexual health education programs delivered to general youth populations. Results: A total of 32 articles were included. Sixteen qualitative studies with SGMY highlight key perspectives underscoring how youth gained inadequate knowledge from sexual health education experiences and received content that excluded their identities and behaviors. Thirteen studies examined the acceptability or effectiveness of sexual health interventions designed for SGMY from which key characteristics of inclusive sexual health education relating to development, content, and delivery emerged. One study found a sexual health education program delivered to a general population of youth was also acceptable for a subsample of sexual minority girls. Conclusions: Future research on SGMY experiences should incorporate populations understudied, including younger adolescents, sexual minority girls, and transgender persons. Further, the effectiveness of inclusive sexual health education in general population settings requires further study.
AB - Purpose: To synthesize the diverse body of literature on sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) and sexual health education. Methods: We conducted a systematic search of the literature on SGMY and sexual health education, including SGMY perspectives on sexual health education, the acceptability or effectiveness of programs designed for SGMY, and SGMY-specific results of sexual health education programs delivered to general youth populations. Results: A total of 32 articles were included. Sixteen qualitative studies with SGMY highlight key perspectives underscoring how youth gained inadequate knowledge from sexual health education experiences and received content that excluded their identities and behaviors. Thirteen studies examined the acceptability or effectiveness of sexual health interventions designed for SGMY from which key characteristics of inclusive sexual health education relating to development, content, and delivery emerged. One study found a sexual health education program delivered to a general population of youth was also acceptable for a subsample of sexual minority girls. Conclusions: Future research on SGMY experiences should incorporate populations understudied, including younger adolescents, sexual minority girls, and transgender persons. Further, the effectiveness of inclusive sexual health education in general population settings requires further study.
KW - Sexual and gender minority youth
KW - Sexual and reproductive health
KW - Sexual health education
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.09.032
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.09.032
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33162290
AN - SCOPUS:85096374537
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 68
SP - 1040
EP - 1052
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 6
ER -