Why schools should make condoms available to teenagers
Tags: CONDOMS; SEX education for teenagers; PUBLIC opinion
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- TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL. // Advocate;1/28/92, Issue 595, p10
Reports that the Washington, D.C. chapter of the ACT UP group distributed condoms at the Gonzaga College High School where the 16-year-old son of U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle studies. Aim of protesting Quayle's comments on condom distribution in schools.
- His point of view. Story, Rob // Cosmopolitan;Sep94, Vol. 217 Issue 3, p58
Discusses the view of men about condoms. Undermining of men's masculinity; Feel of the condom during love making; Fears of men; Forced acceptance of the condom.
- Earlier sex education will tackle teenage sexual ignorance. // Education (14637073);10/27/2006, Issue 244, p3
The article reports on a recommendation of the Institute for Public Policy Research that sex education be included in primary education in Great Britain. It recommends that condoms be free or sold at low cost to teenagers in schools and sports centers. It also recommends that health and social...
- Condom Distribution and Sexual Behavior. // Pediatrics for Parents;2003, Vol. 20 Issue 11, p4
Highlights results of a study comparing sexual behavior and condom use among high school students in the U.S. Pregnancy rates; Frequency of sexual intercourse; HIV instruction.
- Unsuitable for Children. // National Review;10/21/1991, Vol. 43 Issue 19, p16
Gives a conservative response to the New York Board of Education's recent rejection of an amendment that would have allowed parents to keep their children out of its condom-distribution program. Recent studies which find that contraceptive and sex education substantially increases the odds of...
- Should sex education include teaching about condoms? // Today's Christian Woman;Mar/Apr97, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p14
Presents several comments about sex education that includes teaching about condoms. Includes encouragement of students to go ahead and have sex according to B. Hill; Offer of safer alternatives to people who feel abstinence isn't a choice according to Leah Garrison; Use of condoms as a way of...
- Quick Hits: Sex in the News. // Contemporary Sexuality;Jun2007, Vol. 41 Issue 6, p12
The article investigates whether sex abstinence programs effectively prevent teenagers from engaging in premarital sex in the U.S. The results of a congressional mandated study showed that these abstinence until marriage sex education classes, which were funded by the government, are not...
- Public opinion from a rural region about condoms for HIV protection. Yarber, William L.; Torabi, Mohammad R. // Wellness Perspectives;Summer94, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p63
Examines public opinion from a rural region about the availability, effectiveness, promotion and use of condoms for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus transmission. Mixed views toward condom availability in Indiana public high schools; Implications for determining policy relative to...
- Men, women and condoms: A new study. Young, Stephanie // Glamour;Feb95, Vol. 93 Issue 2, p30
Presents a the results of a national study of heterosexual adults' attitudes toward the usage of condoms. Gender differences.
