Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Feb 20;16(4):621. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16040621.
As reported by the World Health Organization in 2017, there are 2 million+ young people living with HIV worldwide. The World Health Organization also reported that a third of all new HIV infections around the world are estimated to occur among youths (aged 15⁻25). and teen pregnancy rates are on the rise in many places. These worrying trends suggest that existing sexuality education programs and interventions may be inadequate and/or ineffective. Although the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development's (ICPD) Programme of Action highlighted the roles of Governments to offer sex education to young people to promote teenage reproductive health, yet inconsistency exists in the related initiatives in the global context. The present article aims to provide a comprehensive literature review of the existing sexuality programs in selected places in both English-speaking (i.e., the United States of America, the United Kingdom) and Chinese-speaking contexts (i.e., Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan). Based on the review, observations and implications for sexuality education policy and practice, as well as recommendations for future research for youths are outlined.
据世界卫生组织 2017 年报告，全球有 200 多万名青年感染艾滋病毒。世界卫生组织还报告称，全球估计有三分之一的新艾滋病毒感染发生在年轻人（15-25 岁）中。而且，许多地方的青少年怀孕率都在上升。这些令人担忧的趋势表明，现有的性教育方案和干预措施可能不足和/或无效。尽管 1994 年国际人口与发展会议（人发会议）行动纲领强调了各国政府的作用，即为年轻人提供性教育，以促进青少年生殖健康，但全球范围内相关倡议仍存在不一致的情况。本文旨在对英语国家（即美利坚合众国、联合王国）和中文国家（即中国香港、中国大陆和中国台湾）选定地区现有的性教育方案进行全面文献综述。在此基础上，本文对性教育政策和实践提出了意见和建议，并为年轻人未来的研究提出了建议。
