Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings
AbstractComprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a well-established component of the package of interventions required to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. As the international community has increased its emphasis on equity and leaving no-one behind with the Agenda for...
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| author | Marina Plesons Sara De Meyer Joshua Amo-Adjei Jair Vega Casanova Effie Chipeta Nicola Jones Monica Patricia Malata Kate Pincock Workneh Yadete Bente Faugli Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli |
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| description | AbstractComprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a well-established component of the package of interventions required to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. As the international community has increased its emphasis on equity and leaving no-one behind with the Agenda for Sustainable Development, attention has been drawn to the need for complementary CSE programmes to reach young people who are not in school, or whose needs are not met by in-school CSE programmes. CSE in out-of-school contexts presents unique considerations, especially those related to facilitation. In this manuscript, we present the protocol for a multi-country implementation research study in Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Malawi to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to prepare and support facilitators to deliver CSE in out-of-school settings to defined groups of young people with varying needs and circumstances. This study will be led by the World Health Organization and the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, in partnership with local research institutions. It will be nested within a multi-country programme led by UNFPA, in partnership with local implementing partners and with financial support from the Government of Norway. This study will shed new insight into what it takes to effectively deliver CSE in out-of-school contexts, to enhance progress towards the achievement of SDG 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages” and SDG 5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee00005a05ef41e8ab76cad326ed3be32024-05-20T17:06:21ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSexual and Reproductive Health Matters2641-03972023-12-0131210.1080/26410397.2023.2204043Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settingsMarina Plesons0Sara De Meyer1Joshua Amo-Adjei2Jair Vega Casanova3Effie Chipeta4Nicola Jones5Monica Patricia Malata6Kate Pincock7Workneh Yadete8Bente Faugli9Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli10MD-PhD candidate, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USAIndependent Consultant, Ghent, BelgiumSenior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, GhanaProfessor, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, ColombiaSenior Research Scientist, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, MalawiDirector, Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence, Overseas Development Institute, London, UKResearch Associate, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, MalawiQualitative Researcher, Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence, Overseas Development Institute, London, EnglandQualitative Research Lead and Research Uptake and Impact Coordinator, Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaTechnical Analyst, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, NY, USATechnical Officer, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and the Human Reproduction Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandAbstractComprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a well-established component of the package of interventions required to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. As the international community has increased its emphasis on equity and leaving no-one behind with the Agenda for Sustainable Development, attention has been drawn to the need for complementary CSE programmes to reach young people who are not in school, or whose needs are not met by in-school CSE programmes. CSE in out-of-school contexts presents unique considerations, especially those related to facilitation. In this manuscript, we present the protocol for a multi-country implementation research study in Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Malawi to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to prepare and support facilitators to deliver CSE in out-of-school settings to defined groups of young people with varying needs and circumstances. This study will be led by the World Health Organization and the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, in partnership with local research institutions. It will be nested within a multi-country programme led by UNFPA, in partnership with local implementing partners and with financial support from the Government of Norway. This study will shed new insight into what it takes to effectively deliver CSE in out-of-school contexts, to enhance progress towards the achievement of SDG 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages” and SDG 5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26410397.2023.2204043comprehensive sexuality educationadolescent sexual and reproductive healthpeople with disabilitiespeople living with HIVpeople involved in sex workpeople in detention |
| spellingShingle | Marina Plesons Sara De Meyer Joshua Amo-Adjei Jair Vega Casanova Effie Chipeta Nicola Jones Monica Patricia Malata Kate Pincock Workneh Yadete Bente Faugli Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters comprehensive sexuality education adolescent sexual and reproductive health people with disabilities people living with HIV people involved in sex work people in detention |
| title | Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings |
| title_full | Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings |
| title_fullStr | Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings |
| title_short | Protocol for a multi-country implementation research study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of context-specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out-of-school settings |
| title_sort | protocol for a multi country implementation research study to assess the feasibility acceptability and effectiveness of context specific actions to train and support facilitators to deliver sexuality education to young people in out of school settings |
| topic | comprehensive sexuality education adolescent sexual and reproductive health people with disabilities people living with HIV people involved in sex work people in detention |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26410397.2023.2204043 |
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