Table 3.

Mention of interview and focus group themes by participant group

Themes and subthemes	Health Education Teachers (n=13)	Middle School Students (n=41)
Gender-Related Factors that Impact Comfort in Sexual Health Education
Teacher-student gender discordance	✓	✓✓
Mixed-gender classrooms	✓	✓
Barriers to Comfort in Delivering and Receiving Sexual Health Education
Dealing with disruptive behavior	✓✓	✓
Not having a dedicated classroom	✓
Not having sufficient time for sexual health lessons	✓✓	✓
Discomfort with sexual health terminology	✓	✓
Answering student questions about sexual health	✓	✓
Facilitators to Comfort in Delivering and Receiving Sexual Health Education
Professional development	✓
Establishing ground rules	✓✓	✓
Normalizing lesson content		✓
Use of the question box	✓	✓

Note: ✓ indicates that the subtheme was mentioned by a particular group (teacher and/or student). ✓✓ indicates that the subtheme was more prominently mentioned by one group versus the other (teacher vs. student).