Promoting Youth Sexual Health ─ Home, School, and Community Collaboration

Promoting Youth Sexual Health, written for preventionists and interventionists who work with children and adolescents across home, school, or community settings, offers guidance on how to promote sexual health among youth. The reader is first introduced to the state of the field, including sexual behaviors in which youth engage, sexual risk and protective factors, standards and professional guidelines for promoting sexual health of youth, developmental and cultural considerations, and considerations in supporting LGBTQ youth. Evidence-based strategies to support child and adolescent sexual health in homes, schools, and communities are then presented. The book concludes with a proposed model for integrating supports across settings to comprehensively promote youth sexual health.

Gina Coffee, PhD, is an associate professor in the school psychology program at Loyola University Chicago. In practice, teaching, and research, she focuses on the prevention of academic, behavioral, social, emotional, and health difficulties in children through collaboration with educators, parents, and community members. In 2010, she was awarded an Early Career Research Award by the Society for the Study of School Psychology.

Pamela Fenning, PhD, is a professor at Loyola University Chicago and has served as the director of the doctoral school psychology program since 2001. She is a licensed clinical and school psychologist in Illinois, and is currently the co-chair of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Child and Professions Committee.

Tommy L. Wells, EdS, MSEd, is a doctoral student in the school psychology program at Loyola University Chicago. Before entering the program, he served both as a school counselor and counselor in private practice.