title: Discovering Sexual Health Conversations between Adolescents and Youth Development Professionals.
abstract: Youth development professionals (YDPs), working at community-based organizations are in a unique position to interact with the adolescents as they are neither parents/guardians nor teachers. The objectives of this study were to explore qualitatively what sexual health issues adolescents discuss with YDPs and to describe those issues using the framework of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) comprehensive sexuality education guidelines. YDPs reported conversations with adolescents that included topics related to the SIECUS key concepts of human development, relationships, personal skills, sexual behavior, and sexual health.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center.
authors.forename: Niodita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center.
authors.forename: Aastha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandak
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center.
authors.forename: Glen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gilson
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center.
authors.forename: Aja Kneip
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pelster
authors.affiliation: Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.affiliation: Academic Edge.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldsworthy
authors.affiliation: Tell Kathleen Anything LLC.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.affiliation: Indiana University.
authors.forename: J Dennis
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fortenberry
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fisher
keywords: SIECUS; adolescents; conversations; sexual health; sexuality; youth development professionals