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- KISS ME QUICK. Hopkins, Graham // Community Care;9/7/2006, Issue 1639, p50
The article looks at the actions taken by local councils to prevent teenage pregnancy at the seaside towns of South West England during the summer season. Holidaymakers and migrant workers contribute to the risk of unintended pregnancies. Young people are experiencing difficulties in accessing...
- Sexuality. Allison, Sheila // Youth Studies Australia;Sep2004, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p9
Presents news briefs related to sexuality issues among teenagers in Australia as of July 2004. Impact of peer-led sex education classes on the incidence of teenage pregnancy; Information on the sex education programs of various public and private schools in Queensland.
- Action plan cuts teenage pregnancyrate. // Children & Young People Now;5/1/2012, p32
The article presents a case study using the teenage pregnancy action plan to reduce the teenage pregnancy rate and to improve the sexual health services of young people in Great Britain. It mentions the collaborative efforts between the local authorities and several health services to improve...
- Sexuality & pregnancy. Headley, Sue // Youth Studies Australia;Sep98, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p61
Presents abstract of articles concerning sexuality and pregnancy among adolescents. `Facing Facts: Sexual Health for American Adolescents (1997 Gallagher Lecture),' by D.W. Haffner from the `Journal of Adolescent Health' dated 1998; `Removing the Mystery: Evaluation of a Parent Manual by...
- Kirby: Abstinence-only programs don't work. // Contemporary Sexuality;Dec2007, Vol. 41 Issue 12, p11
The article focuses on a study written by Doug Kirby, PhD, that abstinence-only sex education programs do not work in the U.S. According to Kirby, there is no any strong evidence that any abstinence program delays the initiation of sex, hastens the return to abstinence or reduces the number of...
- Sex, Teenagers and Television. // Society;Sep/Oct87, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p3
This article highlights the findings of a nationwide poll in the U.S. which showed that watching television encourages teenagers to be sexually active. The poll also revealed that 72 percent of U.S. citizens would not be offended by contraceptive advertising on TV and 82 percent believe that...
- Point: Sex Education Programs Benefit Society. Watts, Christine // Australia Points of View: Sex Education;2010, p2
The article presents an argument for sex education in Australian schools. The author argues that sex education programs increase awareness of safe sex practices, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and teenage pregnancy among young people. Sexual behaviour among youth, benefits of...
- AN EPIDEMIC OF PUBLICITY. Putnam-Scholes, Jo Ann S. // Atlantic (02769077);Jul83, Vol. 252 Issue 1, p18
Focuses on the decline in birthrate among adolescents in the U.S. since 1957. Increase in the incidence of teenage pregnancy in 1957; Percentage of teenagers who chose to have abortions as of 1979; Factors that may have contributed to the declined rate of teenage pregnancy in the early 1960s;...
- Personal View. Ashton, John // British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition);5/11/1985, Vol. 290 Issue 6479, p1429
Focuses on teenage pregnancy and abortion. Factors related to teenage fertility; Prevention of teenage pregnancy; Perspective of teenage sexuality.
