Lessons in building capacity in sexuality education using the health promoting school framework: From planning to implementation
Purpose The health promoting school model is rarely implemented in relation to sexuality education. This paper reports on data collected as part of a five year project designed to implement a health promoting and whole school approach to sexuality education in a five campus year 1 12 college in regional Victoria, Australia. Using a community engagement focus involving local and regional stakeholders and with a strong research into practice component, the project is primarily concerned with questions of capacity building, impact and sustainability as part of whole school change. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach Using an action research design, data were collected from parents, students, teachers and key community stakeholders using a mixed methods approach involving surveys, interviews, document analysis and participant observation. Findings Sexuality education has become a key school policy and has been implemented from years 1 to 9. Teachers and key support staff ha.