Our research team (consisting of me, Dr. Madison Krall, Gabrielle Yvonne Garza, Jasmine Aguilar Lopez, and Miya Jordan) recently published a research article in the American Journal of Sexuality Education. This past week the research was discussed in USA Today, and we are thrilled that our findings are being circulated to a larger audience. You can read this article by Adrianna Rodrigues here: “Should teens be learning about fertility in sex-ed? Some experts say yes.”
You can read our academic article published in AJSE here: “Talking About fertility in sex-education Class: STIs, substance use, and reproductive technology as grounds for discussion.” We based our findings on 32 interviews we did with sex-educators from two different states (one state with an abstinence-based mandated curriculum, and one state with a comprehensive mandated curriculum). Our goal was to assess if and how fertility is discussed in the sex education classroom, and we learned so much from talking with these very hard-working teachers. Our research will continue in this area.