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BRISBANE (Xinhua) -- Most parents in Australia's Queensland support school-based sex education, a new survey released Monday by a leading provider of sexual and reproductive health services in the state found.

The Family Planning Queensland (FPQ) said its latest survey showed 91 percent of parents back sexuality and relationships education in Queensland's schools.

The director of education and community services at FPQ, Cecelia Gore, said too often schools choose to not provide sexuality and relationships education out of fear of parent backlash.

"This study shows parents support teachers to continue delivering and in fact expand what is covered in school-based sex education," Gore said.

The research found that 80 percent of parents believe it is very important that children receive ongoing lessons over several years, rather than a single session. The most important topics to parents were preventing sexual abuse, sexual development, reproductive health and learning about feelings.

"When sexuality and relationships education is not provided in schools, our young people are at risk of everything from sexual abuse to unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, " Gore said in a statement.

The survey showed solid support for sexuality and relationships education among both mothers and fathers and those with a range of religious beliefs, and regardless of whether parents speak a language other than English at home or have a child with a disability, FPQ said.

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Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=686653&publicationSubCategoryId=200

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