This expansive reference examines the many types of Family Life Education (FLE) programs offered worldwide, reflecting various cultures and contexts. Coverage identifies core FLE content areas, including parenting education, human sexuality, and interpersonal relationships. It details its programming in various countries over six continents, including the Caribbean and the Middle East. Contributors discuss complex program design, implementation, and evaluation challenges, as well as connections between FLE and family prevention and intervention services. This knowledge is of great theoretical and practical utility across various fields and is particularly interesting to those developing programs for diverse populations.
This unique volume:
- Presents in-depth information on Family Life Education programs from different countries worldwide.
- Discuss how a country’s socio-historic, political, and economic context impacts its families and family services and programs.
- It covers current topics such as poverty, domestic violence, and immigration.
- Encourages best practices and a thorough understanding of the country/region.
- Offers recommendations for family service providers.
Global Perspectives on Family Life Education is a trove of vital knowledge benefitting scholars and researchers, professors, postgraduates, graduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners in the family sciences, family life education, family therapy, social work, child and family studies, psychology, sociology, social work, cultural studies, and urban studies.
