Dear list members, I have 3 very general queries:
1. Can anyone tell me about the history, theoretical background and research
evidence for the efficacy of the "life skills" approach to sexual health
education of young people?
2. What educational evidence is there for the efficacy of participatory
learning methods in sexual health education?
3. Do others feel that a huge number of sexual health programmes in Britain
and around the world depend on highly motivated, hard-working and unpaid
peer educators? These young people are often as skilled, experienced and
able as the salaried staff of the organisations they volunteer for, but
their rewards and status are much lower, and they are often passed over for
job vacancies, in favour of people with better qualifications but worse
abilities. If peer educators in Africa, for instance, were to form a union
and strike for better pay and conditions, most sexual health work with young
people would grind to a halt. What do others think?
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Andrew Hobbs,Preston, Lancashire
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