Talk:Sex education in India

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Contraception Education

I think a new section should be added that address attitudes about contraception education. Attitudes towards birth control are nuanced based on region and affect the sex education that students receive. Some sources that can be used to address this issue are:

McManus, Alexandra, and Lipi Dhar. "Study of knowledge, perception and attitude of adolescent girls towards STIs/HIV, safer sex and sex education:(a cross sectional survey of urban adolescent school girls in South Delhi, India)." BMC women's health 8, no. 1 (2008): 1.

Tripathi, Niharika, and T. V. Sekher. "Youth in India ready for sex education? Emerging evidence from national surveys." PloS one 8, no. 8 (2013): e71584.

Please refer to my talk page for more info - Venkam (talk) 23:04, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Preliminary list of sources

Hi -- below is an annotated list of preliminary sources I plan to use to start making edits to this article:

Jha, Prabhat, Rajesh Kumar, Priya Vasa, Neeraj Dhingra, Deva Thiruchelvam, and Rahim Moineddin. "Low male-to-female sex ratio of children born in India: national survey of 1· 1 million households." The Lancet 367, no. 9506 (2006): 211-218.

The authors use data from the Special Fertility and Mortality Survey to determine the reasons for the abysmal sex ratio in India. They find that prenatal determination and the selective abortion of females, especially among women who already have one or two girls, is the leading cause.

Newmann, S., P. Sarin, N. Kumarasamy, E. Amalraj, M. Rogers, P. Madhivanan, T. Flanigan et al. "Marriage, monogamy and HIV: a profile of HIV-infected women in south India." International journal of STD & AIDS 11, no. 4 (2000): 250-253.

The authors study the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in south India and determine the demographics of women most at risk. The study determined that married, heterosexual women were most at risk because of their male partners.

Tripathi, Niharika, and T. V. Sekher. "Youth in India ready for sex education? Emerging evidence from national surveys." PloS one 8, no. 8 (2013): e71584.

The authors attempt to understand the expectations of youth for sex education. The found a disconnect between the proportion of youth who viewed sex education as important and those who actually received it.

Selvan, M. S., M. W. Ross, A. S. Kapadia, R. Mathai, and S. Hira. "Study of perceived norms, beliefs and intended sexual behaviour among higher secondary school students in India." AIDS care 13, no. 6 (2001): 779-788.

The authors study the sexual and condom behaviors among high school students in India and find that higher educated students tend to engage in less sex during their adolescent years.

Kartikeyan, S., and R. M. Chaturvedi. "Family planning: views of female non-acceptors in rural India." Journal of postgraduate medicine 41, no. 2 (1995): 37.

The authors conducted a study of rural women in India to determine why many women were unwilling to accept family planning methods. They found that many women were concerned about child survival rates and had inadequate information.

Venkam (talk) 17:31, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Proposal for changes

I plan to update the "Sex Education in India" article with the changes outlined here. In summary, my plan is to split this article into three sections: Sex Education for Adolescents, Family Planning for Adults, and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education. Additionally, I plan to compare and contrast the efficacy of these types of education, while also exploring any cultural opposition. Any comments on my proposal are welcome! Venkam (talk) 22:47, 6 October 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Venkam (talk • contribs) 22:45, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

New Changes

Hi-- I have edited this article to (1) better organize the intro section as well as (2) start outlining the types of sex education in India. Please feel free to critique the most recent changes!Venkam (talk) 06:40, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Article Comments

Hi, I have a few comments about how to improve this article. First, I really love how well researched this article is. It has a really wide range of sources, and they all seem very reputable. Second, I like how well the article is written, it is very accessible without being too simple. I think some areas for improvement would be to look at the structure of the article again, and make sure that everything is together in the space that it should be. I noticed that there's two different places where the article talks about "opposition," to sex education, and I think those should be maybe put together for the clarity of the article. Additionally, I think there's some room for improvement in the article in terms of neutrality. At some points I feel like the author's viewpoint about sex education is evident. Overall though, I think this article is at a great place and with just a little bit of tweaking it could really be an amazing article. Kmwebber (talk) 17:38, 16 October 2016 (UTC)Kmwebber

Peer Review

This does a great job of thoroughly explaining the complete reasoning behind India’s inept sex education. One way to be even more thorough, though, is linking to other articles about Indian gender dynamics, education, and religion. I would try to have more sources for each paragraph of “types of sex education” instead of relying on one source per point. Overall, I find this to be an important subject and I am glad it is receiving attention!Ghv2 (talk) 04:34, 18 October 2016 (UTC)ghv2

Peer Review 2

Hi, it's me again. I want to start by saying that I am so impressed with how you restructured this article. It looks so good now, a wonderful layout of information. I thought a few things you could work on would be adding a few more links to other articles, and possibly looking at the efficacy subsection of the HIV/AIDS section. The first part about radio/media is a little confusing. But, overall I think this article is looking really great, and was very neutrally written. I can't wait for you to add the organizations section! Kmwebber (talk) 16:28, 29 October 2016 (UTC)Kmwebber

Peer Review

Hi! First of all, excellent article. It is comprehensive and well-written. I think your structure could use a bit of work, however. Shortening the section titles will allow more clarity and allow you to more generally bring in information. Also, watch your tone in your lead section! It reads like the intro to a persuasive paragraph. These are minor changes and overall you have a very solid article. I look forward to reading it again! Brookeenglish (talk) 04:26, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

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