Implementing Comprehensive Sex Education Programs in Louisiana Schools

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

With much appreciation, I would like to thank to God Almighty and those who have helped me complete this study and with whom this project may have not been possible. In particular, my gratitude goes out to friends, facilitator and family for extensive and helpful comments on early drafts. I am also deeply indebted to the authors who have shared my interest and preceded me. Their works provided me with a host of information to learn from and build upon, also served as examples to emulate.



DECLARATION

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ABSTRACT

The main purpose of the research will be to perceived knowledge impacts decision and policy makings for sex education programs. Another aspect of the research will be to discuss an approach to recognize and evaluate the facts in the effort to increase awareness and for the need of implementing comprehensive sex education programs in Louisiana schools. Chapter 3 presents the study design that will be utilized statistical data to determine the sample size needed for this research study. Chapter 3 will be also validated the underlying framework for content validity and reliability and explain the participants, role of the researcher, instrumentation, confidentiality, and the power of the analysis.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTii

DECLARATIONiii

ABSTRACTiv

RESEARCH PROPOSAL1

Background of the Problem1

Statement of the Problem1

Purpose of the Study2

Objective of the Study2

Teen Pregnancy in the U.S. and Louisiana3

Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Teens in the U.S. and Louisiana4

HIV/AIDS among Teens in the U.S. and Louisiana5

Sexual Behaviours among Teens in the U.S. and Louisiana6

Proposed Methodology8

REFERENCES10



RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Background of the Problem

The media continually remind us that, U.S. adolescents are sexually active, and that they are suffering the consequences physically, socially, and psychologically. “In the midst of fear and concern about the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Everett Koop, Surgeon General of the United States, added to the ancient debate over sex education in the schools by stating” (Tan 2006). Traditional sources of sex education have been inadequate. Parents, for the most part, have been negligent and/or reluctant in providing their children with necessary facts, attitudes, and skills to deal with various aspects of human sexuality.

Statement of the Problem

A central problem faced by public school officials in planning sex education programs is what the people making decisions believe about the feasibility of implementing programs within their particular school districts. If the communities and those who represent them within the system-school boards-do not have a means of gathering information about patterns of reactions by decision makers, they could wastefully spend time, energy, and money trying to counter anticipated resistance which, might never materialize, or by directing such efforts toward the inappropriate group(s). If school decision makers do differ in their acceptance of teaching sex education, ...