Projects

This study aims to contribute to the improvement of the sexual health of children and young people, by increasing insight into the role of parents in the positive sexual development and the prevention of negative sexual experiences of their child(ren), and how this role of parents can be strengthened.

An evidence-based manual for Vil Du?!, a non-verbal communication app in which children can show the therapist what happened to them.

An intervention on diversity for literature classes.

In the survey Sex under 25 (Rutgers and Soa Aids Netherlands, 2017) young people rated the sexuality education they received in Dutch schools as mediocre (5.8 on a scale of one to ten). In this qualitative study, Rutgers wants to deepen the understanding of what young people themselves voice as their needs.

The emergence and consolidation of sexual diversity and its early empirical probing are the focus of this genealogical study and literature review, which primarily covers German-language, Francophone and Anglophone psycho-medical sciences.

Puberty blocking treatment in transgender adolescents is a reversible treatment which suppresses puberty development. However, many transgender adolescents seem to experience puberty blockers as the first ‘necessary’ medical step of gender affirming treatment with no way of return.  The aim of the current study is to increase the awareness of the care for transgender adolescents regarding puberty blockers and improve the decision making process. 

Sexual health promotion for adolescents with an intersex condition. This project is a collaboration between clinical professionals and peer support groups, and aims to gain knowledge on this subject and wherever required, develop accessible information material.

This project aims to gain knowledge about the experiences of LGBT youth and young adults during their time in out-of-home care, and the perceptions of caregivers (e.g., group care workers, foster caregivers) who are responsible for the well-being of these young people.

The aim of this study is to contribute to a culturally-informed understanding of the link between parental messages regarding gender (non)conformity and children’s own gender norms. The study will focus on ethnically Dutch and Turkish families with young children in the Netherlands.

Leaving the normative highway: An exploration of the non-binary gender and sexual identity tracks. A qualitative biographical interview study