- Beginning in 9th grade, students in Guam learn about “Family Life and Human Sexuality.”
- The School Health Education Program of Guam addresses the “prevention of risk behaviors,” including “sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy, HIV infection, and other [STDs].”
- In the Guam Department of Education K-12 Content Standards and Performance Indicators, pregnancy, STIs, and HIV are mentioned in Content Standard 1: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
- In 2017, a teaching resource entitled Navigating Personal Wellbeing & Sexuality: A Facilitator’s Guide for Working with Chuukese and Chamoru Communities was published by health providers, professionals from the Office of Minority Health Resource Center, cultural advisors, and sex education researchers to serve as a guide for educators in providing culturally responsive sex education curriculum.
For more detailed information, you can read SIECUS’s profile on U.S. Territories: Guam and other Pacific Islands.