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Culture, health & sexuality, 2022

Existing research into anal sex has centred on androcentric, medicalised parameters that focus on... more Existing research into anal sex has centred on androcentric, medicalised parameters that focus on risk and health implications, leading to a lack of focus on women's experiences. Research that has focused on women's experiences has centred on concern around young women's anal sex practices, with little exploration of why people participate in anal sex and neglect of its relational and pleasure-based dimensions. The present study sought to explore these concerns via data gathered using focus groups and individual interviews with a range of individuals including sexual health practitioners and young people. Data were thematically coded, with results centred on three themes: anal sex as deviance, anal sex as phallocentric, and anal sex as agentic. Results suggest a pattern of perceptions and narratives that has potential to undermine honest education, advice-giving and safer sex if they are not addressed and questioned in safe spaces, prior to work with young people. The im...

This chapter uses material from qualitative research with LGBTQ+ young people to explore the ways... more This chapter uses material from qualitative research with LGBTQ+ young people to explore the ways in which heteronormativity, heterosexism and gender binarism are legitimated and perpetuated in sexualities education in school settings. The research suggests that LGBTQ+ young people experience oppression at two levels, in the content of sex and relationships education, which reproduces gender as binary and sexuality as primarily heterosexual and reproductive, and at the level of institutionalised heteronormativity, and homophobic and transphobic bullying and victimisation. Despite these restrictions, LGBTQ+ young people often develop critical knowledge that allows them to challenge heteronormativity and gender binarism, particularly when supported by other sources such as inclusive and holistic youth groups, peers and media. This leads us to argue that a critical pedagogies approach would enter into dialogue with young people’s critical capacities and knowledge in order to understand...

Early themes and Initial Rough Programme Theories. Initial theories that were derived from the li... more Early themes and Initial Rough Programme Theories. Initial theories that were derived from the literature based case studies and middle range theories. (DOCX 22 kb)

Study Sources. This file includes the data sources from the academic literature, grey literature ... more Study Sources. This file includes the data sources from the academic literature, grey literature and interview and workshop participants. (DOCX 59 kb)

Search strategy. Search statement, strategy, details of inclusion, exclusion criteria and modifie... more Search strategy. Search statement, strategy, details of inclusion, exclusion criteria and modified Prisma diagram. (DOCX 66 kb)

Health Technol Assess, 2010

School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review con... more School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review concerning current models, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and research opportunities. Health Technol Assess 2010;14(30).

British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2001

Sex Education, 2013

Pleasure as a component of sexualities and relationships education has been much rehearsed recent... more Pleasure as a component of sexualities and relationships education has been much rehearsed recently. Arguably, theoretical debate and critique been more prominent than practitioner perspectives on how to persuade stakeholders of the value of implementing pleasure into learning about sexualities and relationships. This paper offers a rationale for positive SRE that includes pleasure. A series of theoretically and empirically supported suggestions are offered to encourage curriculum gatekeepers that SRE premised on a right to pleasure is warranted because of its potential to achieve safer sexual health outcomes and contribute to gender equality. Challenges faced by some sex educators are acknowledged by historicising the often uneasy associations between sexuality, education and youth in relation to some political and academic dimensions of debate, before offering a rationale on ways forward. Analysis focuses on young women. Policy developments relate to the UK but issues raised have relevance for SRE in other contexts.

Sex Education, 2008

Developing sexual competence? Exploring strategies for the provision of effective sexualities and... more Developing sexual competence? Exploring strategies for the provision of effective sexualities and relationships education School-based sexualities and relationships education (SRE) offers one of the most promising means of improving young people's sexual health through developing 'sexual competence'. In the absence of evidence on whether the term holds the same meanings for young people and adults (e.g. teachers, researchers, policy makers), the paper explores 'adult' notions of sexual competence as construed in research data and alluded to in government guidance on SRE, then draws on empirical research with young people on factors which affect the contexts, motivations and outcomes of sexual encounters, and therefore have implications for sexual competence. These data from young people also challenge more traditional approaches to sexualities education in highlighting disjunctions between the content of school-based input and their reported sexual experience. The paper concludes by considering the implications of these insights for developing a shared notion of what SRE is trying to achieve and suggestions for recognition in the content and approaches to SRE.

This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's ve... more This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version HIRST, J. (2004). Researching young people's sexuality and learning about sex: experience, need, and sex and relationship education. Culture, health and sexuality, 6 (2), 115-129. Repository use policy Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in SHURA to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engage in further distribution of the material or use it for any profit-making activities or any commercial gain.

Areas where interviewees might go out outside of Sheffield included Leeds, Manchester, Brighton a... more Areas where interviewees might go out outside of Sheffield included Leeds, Manchester, Brighton and London. One respondent referred to the "thirty mile run" that characterised gay men's social networks. When discussing socialising, men often spoke about whether or not a gay social scene was important to them. Most interviewees were happy to socialise in straight venues with other factors appearing more significant: "I'm not so fussed as long as I get drunk! …There's no gay pubs or anything like that in [other town], there's nothing but it doesn't bother me. I do like it that's why I come into Sheffield … but I'm not one of those for like going there all time, there's people I

Aims, scope and design This study was designed to explore the views and experiences of men and wo... more Aims, scope and design This study was designed to explore the views and experiences of men and women who became parents while under the age of twenty. We spoke to people in three generations: young parents currently aged under twenty, and those in their parents’ and grandparents’ generations who had also had children as teenagers. We set out to take a biographical perspective, inviting participants to reflect on the transitions that they made to parenthood, and on their experiences since then, including access to formal and informal support systems. The study was also intended to pilot a number of different research methods, with a view to considering their potential for facilitating participant involvement and gathering rich and indepth data. For this reason, the number of people involved was deliberately limited to a small sample. Our planned methods included biographical-narrative interviews, group discussion, photo-elicitation, and peer interviewing. In all, 14 men and 14 women ...

This research is based on a case study of young people's identities, practices and discourses... more This research is based on a case study of young people's identities, practices and discourses, and takes sexuality as a focus for interrogation. It aims to reveal the issues and processes that impact on young people's conceptions of self (both current and future) by looking at private and public realms of experience. In so doing, social lives, home lives and schooling (particularly sex education), are explored to reveal how far they operate in young people's interest. Lack of acknowledgement of young people's authentic lives in mainstream debates and practice forms a main focus of my critique. I adopt a qualitative methodology that is congruent with feminist principles for research, and am committed to exposing the knowledge creation process. Data are deployed from observations and interviews with 15 - 16 year old, African-Caribbean, Pakistani, Somali and white, secondary school students. Data from other sites provides corroboration and comparison. The thesis challen...

Healthcare

Fathers in the UK are becoming more involved in the care of their infants and children. A constru... more Fathers in the UK are becoming more involved in the care of their infants and children. A constructivist grounded theory approach was adopted to explore men’s transition to fatherhood. This paper reports on one of the sub-categories derived from the data. First-time fathers with a child under two were recruited predominantly via social media. Audio-recorded semi-structured interviews were undertaken with an opening question asking men to tell their story of becoming a father. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using constructivist grounded theory methods. This paper reports one core aspect of the research findings which has particular relevance for healthcare professionals. The men in this study were highly appreciative of the care their partner and baby received but consistently reported a lack of father-specific support throughout their journey to fatherhood. This ranged from generally poor communication with healthcare professionals to being ignored and side-lined in matern...

The emotional health and wellbeing of young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans

hyundai dhy6000se manual, first responders guide to abnormal psychology, theft of the spirit a jo... more hyundai dhy6000se manual, first responders guide to abnormal psychology, theft of the spirit a journey to spiritual healing, cub cadet lt1042 owners manual, john deere 240 skid steer service manual, prepu for taylors fundamentals of nursing, medicinal natural products a biosynthetic approach, security guard manual of operations , ricoh gx200 service manual, canon dm xm2 e xm2e video camera service repair manual, piping calculations manual mcgraw hill calculations, chapter 28 guided reading kennedy and the cold war answers, discourse in action rodney h jones, apple laserwriter pro 600 630 laser printer service repair manual, in a dark dark wood, the popular and the canonical debating twentieth century literature 1940 2000 twentieth century literature texts and debates, gehl cb700 forage harvester parts manual, leonard bernstein at work his final years 19841990 amadeus, inflammation and metastasis, 2006 vw jetta 2 5 owners manual, my first busy book the world of eric carle, haynes manual citroen berlingo, pilots manual b747, instrumentation for the operating room a photographic manual 7e, water resources administration in the united states policy practice and emerging issues, 2015 hyundai elantra gt owners manual, yamaha fx1 sj700 fx700 superjet service repair manual 1994 1995 download, hyster forklift manual h40f, keeping jobs in fashion alternatives to the euthanasia of the us apparel industry, quick team building activities for busy managers 50 exercises that get results in just 15 minutes, pit bike repair manuals

This report details findings from an evaluation of Sexual Health Sheffield’s (SHS) services in co... more This report details findings from an evaluation of Sexual Health Sheffield’s (SHS) services in community settings (also known as Community Engagement Services) from the perspective of young people aged 15-25 years. The evaluation was carried out during September 2014 to January 2015. Twenty nine young people aged 15-25 years who live in Sheffield or have used Sexual Health Sheffield’s services participated in the evaluation via interviews and focus groups. Experiences and utility of the services were contextualised in relation to geographic locality, social class, genders, sexualities, education/schooling and home/family circumstances. Community engagement services were widely regarded as excellent, with clear pointers to areas for further development in community and clinical settings. These include, more routine acknowledgement of the links between mental and sexual health, continued availability of free condoms, bolder promotion of services, and the recognition of sexuality and g...

Culture, health & sexuality, 2022

Existing research into anal sex has centred on androcentric, medicalised parameters that focus on... more Existing research into anal sex has centred on androcentric, medicalised parameters that focus on risk and health implications, leading to a lack of focus on women's experiences. Research that has focused on women's experiences has centred on concern around young women's anal sex practices, with little exploration of why people participate in anal sex and neglect of its relational and pleasure-based dimensions. The present study sought to explore these concerns via data gathered using focus groups and individual interviews with a range of individuals including sexual health practitioners and young people. Data were thematically coded, with results centred on three themes: anal sex as deviance, anal sex as phallocentric, and anal sex as agentic. Results suggest a pattern of perceptions and narratives that has potential to undermine honest education, advice-giving and safer sex if they are not addressed and questioned in safe spaces, prior to work with young people. The im...

This chapter uses material from qualitative research with LGBTQ+ young people to explore the ways... more This chapter uses material from qualitative research with LGBTQ+ young people to explore the ways in which heteronormativity, heterosexism and gender binarism are legitimated and perpetuated in sexualities education in school settings. The research suggests that LGBTQ+ young people experience oppression at two levels, in the content of sex and relationships education, which reproduces gender as binary and sexuality as primarily heterosexual and reproductive, and at the level of institutionalised heteronormativity, and homophobic and transphobic bullying and victimisation. Despite these restrictions, LGBTQ+ young people often develop critical knowledge that allows them to challenge heteronormativity and gender binarism, particularly when supported by other sources such as inclusive and holistic youth groups, peers and media. This leads us to argue that a critical pedagogies approach would enter into dialogue with young people’s critical capacities and knowledge in order to understand...

Early themes and Initial Rough Programme Theories. Initial theories that were derived from the li... more Early themes and Initial Rough Programme Theories. Initial theories that were derived from the literature based case studies and middle range theories. (DOCX 22 kb)

Study Sources. This file includes the data sources from the academic literature, grey literature ... more Study Sources. This file includes the data sources from the academic literature, grey literature and interview and workshop participants. (DOCX 59 kb)

Search strategy. Search statement, strategy, details of inclusion, exclusion criteria and modifie... more Search strategy. Search statement, strategy, details of inclusion, exclusion criteria and modified Prisma diagram. (DOCX 66 kb)

Health Technol Assess, 2010

School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review con... more School-linked sexual health services for young people (SSHYP): a survey and systematic review concerning current models, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and research opportunities. Health Technol Assess 2010;14(30).

British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2001

Sex Education, 2013

Pleasure as a component of sexualities and relationships education has been much rehearsed recent... more Pleasure as a component of sexualities and relationships education has been much rehearsed recently. Arguably, theoretical debate and critique been more prominent than practitioner perspectives on how to persuade stakeholders of the value of implementing pleasure into learning about sexualities and relationships. This paper offers a rationale for positive SRE that includes pleasure. A series of theoretically and empirically supported suggestions are offered to encourage curriculum gatekeepers that SRE premised on a right to pleasure is warranted because of its potential to achieve safer sexual health outcomes and contribute to gender equality. Challenges faced by some sex educators are acknowledged by historicising the often uneasy associations between sexuality, education and youth in relation to some political and academic dimensions of debate, before offering a rationale on ways forward. Analysis focuses on young women. Policy developments relate to the UK but issues raised have relevance for SRE in other contexts.

Sex Education, 2008

Developing sexual competence? Exploring strategies for the provision of effective sexualities and... more Developing sexual competence? Exploring strategies for the provision of effective sexualities and relationships education School-based sexualities and relationships education (SRE) offers one of the most promising means of improving young people's sexual health through developing 'sexual competence'. In the absence of evidence on whether the term holds the same meanings for young people and adults (e.g. teachers, researchers, policy makers), the paper explores 'adult' notions of sexual competence as construed in research data and alluded to in government guidance on SRE, then draws on empirical research with young people on factors which affect the contexts, motivations and outcomes of sexual encounters, and therefore have implications for sexual competence. These data from young people also challenge more traditional approaches to sexualities education in highlighting disjunctions between the content of school-based input and their reported sexual experience. The paper concludes by considering the implications of these insights for developing a shared notion of what SRE is trying to achieve and suggestions for recognition in the content and approaches to SRE.

This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's ve... more This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version HIRST, J. (2004). Researching young people's sexuality and learning about sex: experience, need, and sex and relationship education. Culture, health and sexuality, 6 (2), 115-129. Repository use policy Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in SHURA to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engage in further distribution of the material or use it for any profit-making activities or any commercial gain.

Areas where interviewees might go out outside of Sheffield included Leeds, Manchester, Brighton a... more Areas where interviewees might go out outside of Sheffield included Leeds, Manchester, Brighton and London. One respondent referred to the "thirty mile run" that characterised gay men's social networks. When discussing socialising, men often spoke about whether or not a gay social scene was important to them. Most interviewees were happy to socialise in straight venues with other factors appearing more significant: "I'm not so fussed as long as I get drunk! …There's no gay pubs or anything like that in [other town], there's nothing but it doesn't bother me. I do like it that's why I come into Sheffield … but I'm not one of those for like going there all time, there's people I

Aims, scope and design This study was designed to explore the views and experiences of men and wo... more Aims, scope and design This study was designed to explore the views and experiences of men and women who became parents while under the age of twenty. We spoke to people in three generations: young parents currently aged under twenty, and those in their parents’ and grandparents’ generations who had also had children as teenagers. We set out to take a biographical perspective, inviting participants to reflect on the transitions that they made to parenthood, and on their experiences since then, including access to formal and informal support systems. The study was also intended to pilot a number of different research methods, with a view to considering their potential for facilitating participant involvement and gathering rich and indepth data. For this reason, the number of people involved was deliberately limited to a small sample. Our planned methods included biographical-narrative interviews, group discussion, photo-elicitation, and peer interviewing. In all, 14 men and 14 women ...

This research is based on a case study of young people's identities, practices and discourses... more This research is based on a case study of young people's identities, practices and discourses, and takes sexuality as a focus for interrogation. It aims to reveal the issues and processes that impact on young people's conceptions of self (both current and future) by looking at private and public realms of experience. In so doing, social lives, home lives and schooling (particularly sex education), are explored to reveal how far they operate in young people's interest. Lack of acknowledgement of young people's authentic lives in mainstream debates and practice forms a main focus of my critique. I adopt a qualitative methodology that is congruent with feminist principles for research, and am committed to exposing the knowledge creation process. Data are deployed from observations and interviews with 15 - 16 year old, African-Caribbean, Pakistani, Somali and white, secondary school students. Data from other sites provides corroboration and comparison. The thesis challen...

Healthcare

Fathers in the UK are becoming more involved in the care of their infants and children. A constru... more Fathers in the UK are becoming more involved in the care of their infants and children. A constructivist grounded theory approach was adopted to explore men’s transition to fatherhood. This paper reports on one of the sub-categories derived from the data. First-time fathers with a child under two were recruited predominantly via social media. Audio-recorded semi-structured interviews were undertaken with an opening question asking men to tell their story of becoming a father. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using constructivist grounded theory methods. This paper reports one core aspect of the research findings which has particular relevance for healthcare professionals. The men in this study were highly appreciative of the care their partner and baby received but consistently reported a lack of father-specific support throughout their journey to fatherhood. This ranged from generally poor communication with healthcare professionals to being ignored and side-lined in matern...

The emotional health and wellbeing of young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans

hyundai dhy6000se manual, first responders guide to abnormal psychology, theft of the spirit a jo... more hyundai dhy6000se manual, first responders guide to abnormal psychology, theft of the spirit a journey to spiritual healing, cub cadet lt1042 owners manual, john deere 240 skid steer service manual, prepu for taylors fundamentals of nursing, medicinal natural products a biosynthetic approach, security guard manual of operations , ricoh gx200 service manual, canon dm xm2 e xm2e video camera service repair manual, piping calculations manual mcgraw hill calculations, chapter 28 guided reading kennedy and the cold war answers, discourse in action rodney h jones, apple laserwriter pro 600 630 laser printer service repair manual, in a dark dark wood, the popular and the canonical debating twentieth century literature 1940 2000 twentieth century literature texts and debates, gehl cb700 forage harvester parts manual, leonard bernstein at work his final years 19841990 amadeus, inflammation and metastasis, 2006 vw jetta 2 5 owners manual, my first busy book the world of eric carle, haynes manual citroen berlingo, pilots manual b747, instrumentation for the operating room a photographic manual 7e, water resources administration in the united states policy practice and emerging issues, 2015 hyundai elantra gt owners manual, yamaha fx1 sj700 fx700 superjet service repair manual 1994 1995 download, hyster forklift manual h40f, keeping jobs in fashion alternatives to the euthanasia of the us apparel industry, quick team building activities for busy managers 50 exercises that get results in just 15 minutes, pit bike repair manuals

This report details findings from an evaluation of Sexual Health Sheffield’s (SHS) services in co... more This report details findings from an evaluation of Sexual Health Sheffield’s (SHS) services in community settings (also known as Community Engagement Services) from the perspective of young people aged 15-25 years. The evaluation was carried out during September 2014 to January 2015. Twenty nine young people aged 15-25 years who live in Sheffield or have used Sexual Health Sheffield’s services participated in the evaluation via interviews and focus groups. Experiences and utility of the services were contextualised in relation to geographic locality, social class, genders, sexualities, education/schooling and home/family circumstances. Community engagement services were widely regarded as excellent, with clear pointers to areas for further development in community and clinical settings. These include, more routine acknowledgement of the links between mental and sexual health, continued availability of free condoms, bolder promotion of services, and the recognition of sexuality and g...