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Educational SRH curriculum objectives
• SRH education mainly focuses on pregnancy & STI/HIV prevention
• Little content on reproductive life plan, preconception care, & factors that
may lead to infertility / access to infertility services
International technical guidance on sexuality education: An evidence-informed approach UNAIDS Secretariat, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO. UNESCO, France. 2018
Learning objectives for 15-18+ years:
Key Concept (Reproduction): Human Body & Development Key concept (Pregnancy & Pregnancy Prevention): SRH
Not everyone is fertile & there are ways of trying to address infertility for those who would like to conceive • List options for those who would like to conceive but who are
experiencing infertility (knowledge)
• Recognize there are options for addressing infertility (attitudinal) • Demonstrate empathy towards people who want to conceive but
are experiencing infertility (skill)
There are practices that can contribute to or threaten a healthy pregnancy
• Assess prenatal practices that either contribute to a healthy
pregnancy or threaten a healthy pregnancy (knowledge);
• Acknowledge that ensuring a healthy pregnancy is not just
responsibility of mother (attitudinal);
• Develop plan for supporting a healthy pregnancy (skill); • Demonstratehowtoaccessprenatalservices(skill)
National sexuality education standards: Core content & skills for Kindergarten through 12th grade. Future of Sex Education Initiative, 2011 (United States)
Pregnancy & Reproduction (Core Concept) by 12th grade:
Identify & describe prenatal practices that can contribute to or threaten a healthy pregnancy
http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/ITGSE_en.pdf http://www.futureofsexed.org/documents/josh-fose-standards-web.pdf
Clinical care guidelines
• No single specialty, professional organization informs males’ SRH care across lifespan
WHO SRH Core Competencies for Primary Care & recent Guttmacher-Lancet Commission1
• Promotes universal access to SRH including managing
infertility problems
U.S. Quality Family Planning (QFP) guidelines2
• Makes recommendations for clinical preventive SRH
service delivery for reproductive-aged men & women on – Achieving pregnancy
– Preconception care
– STD & HIV care
– Contraception
– Basic infertility care
(QFP)
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6304.pdf
1WHO. Geneva, SZ: WHO Press; 2011; Starrs et al. Lancet. 2018. 2Gavin L, Moskosky S, Carter M, Curtis K, Godfrey E, Marcell AV, et al. MMWR. 2014; Marcell et al. Am J Prev Med. 2015.
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