This symposium will feature an international platform of presenters on sexuality education. The objective of the knowledge, skills, and attributes from birth to death session is to provide this information for participants from a north American perspective, especially from a Canadian view. The information has been collected by completing a content analysis of sexual health education materials. The preliminary results showed that the knowledge component is the most prevalent throughout the materials. There is a paucity of affective and skill learning outcomes identified. However, the research literature did draw attention to the importance of knowledge and the impact of positive attitudes on developing and/or maintaining healthy sexual activity. Thus, in conclusion, sexual health education that included an appropriate balance of knowledge acquistion, positive dispostions, and development and/or maintenance of healthy sexuality-related skills had the potential to be the most meaningful and effective.
Conflict of Interest: None disclosed
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Recorded: Sydney, Australia, April 2007
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