School sex education focusing on abstinence
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- SIECUS: More states rejecting abstinence-only programs. // Contemporary Sexuality;Sep2006, Vol. 40 Issue 9, p10
The article reports on the refusal of Maine, California and Pennsylvania to one type of federal abstinence-only-until-marriage funding. New Mexico accepts the funds for elementary students while New York and Illinois had promising attempts to fund comprehensive sexuality efforts. These are...
- Unmarried and age 29? Abstinence is best, government says. // Contemporary Sexuality;Jan2007, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p8
The article reports on the issues concerning the abstinence-only sexuality education in the U.S. According to the report, the rationale behind targeting adults with abstinence-based messages is based on data showing that the unmarried women ages 12-29 had 998,262 births in 2004. It has also...
- What the public really thinks about sex ed in schools. // Contemporary Pediatrics;Dec2006, Vol. 23 Issue 12, p14
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- Governor Would Drop Abstinence Program. // Education Week;5/2/2007, Vol. 26 Issue 35, p18
The article reports that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick may discontinue a federally-funded abstinence-only sex education program. A study released to Patrick has found that students in these programs are not less likely to have sex than students in other programs. Such programs concentrate...
- (CHILDREN'S HEALTH) New $114M Prevention Program Taking Shape. // Community Health Funding Week;12/18/2009, p2
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- SEX EDUCATION ATTITUDES AND OUTCOMES AMONG NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN. Williams, Monnica T.; Bonner, Laura // Adolescence;Spring2006, Vol. 41 Issue 161, p1
Attitudes and outcomes of sex education received by North American women are examined via an Internet survey (N = 1,400). Mean age was 19.5, with 24% reporting one or more unplanned pregnancies. Women were more satisfied with sex education from informal sources than from parents, schools, and...
- New Studies Renew Sex Education Debate. Herbert, Marion // District Administration;Mar2010, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p14
The article discusses an increase in debates on sex education in the U.S. which have been seen in 2010 in response to reports from the Guttmacher Institute and the "Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine." The debates have developed because the two reports offer conflicting statistics on...
- SIECUS state profiles show reduced spending on abstinence programs. // Contemporary Sexuality;Sep2010, Vol. 44 Issue 9, p6
This article reports on the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) profiles on funding for abstinence-only sex education programs.
- Chinese province embraces abstinence program. // Contemporary Sexuality;Oct2010, Vol. 44 Issue 10, p8
This article reports on abstinence-only sex education programs in the Yunnan province of China.
