LOVE ACT – The Sex-Ed Resource Database

Free online courses for parents to boost their confidence in talking about sex with their children

Free online courses for young people on sexuality and affectivity.

Free online sex education courses for teachers and educators (registration needed).

Materials aimed at starting conversations about sexist behavior in schools and the consequences in the development of teenagers (mostly in women), as the stereotypes can become limiting.

Guide and resources for Secondary Schools'Headasters, to prevent sexual violence and sexist behavior in their classrooms.

Sexosafe is a Santé publique France scheme, aimed at cisgender and transgender men who have or wish to have sex with men.

It xplains all you need to know about services for reproductive and sexual health in Belgium

Sexual education at school is a volunteer project, initiated by BeMSA and supported by ICRH and Sensoa. With this initiative, they want to give adolescents access to reliable information about sexuality, relationships, contraception and STD prevention. In an airy educational way, it try to give the youngsters the ability to make informed and individual decisions about their body and health. In addition, it wants to break some existing myths about these topics. Medical students go to high schools in which young people (13-17 years) get a four hour session. The SOS project is a form of peer education in which young people are supported to bring about a health-promoting behavioural change with other young people. This leads to a lower threshold for talking about sensitive subjects.

Program of Sex Education (PIES program) is promoted by the Health Counselor of the Valencian Community together with the joint work of health promotion technicians, health personnel and psychopedagogues (guidance counselors) or teachers in the educational centers. It is based on several Teaching Units, developed in the classroom 2 consecutive workshops per school grade (2nd and 3rd year of Compulsory Secondary Education) of approximately 100 minutes by health personnel trained in Sex Education, in coordination with the psycho-pedagogy office or the teachers responsible for the PIES in the center. In order to participate in the program, schools register the previous school year through a form provided by the Ministry of Health of the Valencian Community. The general objective of the Sexual Education Intervention Program (PIES) is education in values that promote a positive experience of sexuality and behaviors in accordance with the healthiest options. The target group is the secondary school population.

The aim of this study was to develop an inventory of school-based sexuality education (SBSE) activities carried out by external providers and implemented in Italy from 2016 to 2020.