• DOI:10.1080/1468181032000052126
• Corpus ID: 145274846

HIV/AIDS School-based Education in Selected Asia-Pacific Countries

@article{Smith2003HIVAIDSSE,
  title={HIV/AIDS School-based Education in Selected Asia-Pacific Countries},
  author={Gary Smith and Susan C. Kippax and Peter Aggleton and Paul Tyrer},
  journal={Sex Education},
  year={2003},
  volume={3},
  pages={21 - 3}
}

• Gary Smith, S. Kippax, +1 author P. Tyrer
• Published 1 April 2003
• Political Science
• Sex Education

This paper describes findings from a recent UNAIDS-funded study of how education systems in selected countries in East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific are responding to HIV/AIDS-related education. Data were collected by means of postal questionnaire and key informant interviews in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam. Sources of information varied but included ministries, non-governmental organisations and other interested bodies. Findings suggest that the education provided is largely information-based, but with a developing emphasis on life-skills such as assertiveness and negotiation. Specific sexual practices are rarely discussed in the region's schools, except in a somewhat mechanistic way, focusing mainly on human reproduction and anatomy. However, those countries most affected by the epidemic are beginning to re-think their approaches. An increasing openness about sexual and drug injecting practices, and how to communicate these issues with young people, is beginning to become apparent.