LESSONS OUT OF SCHOOL
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The article offers information on the grant offered by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation to promote population and reproductive health in the U.S. It states that the foundation funds work at the state and local level to enhance reproductive health and rights, especially for young and...
- The Parents' Protest. // America;7/12/1913, Vol. 9 Issue 14, p327
The author discusses the protests of parents regarding the assertion of Ella Flagg, superintendent of schools in Chicago, Illinois, on the need for high school students to improve their morals and sex hygiene instruction. Flagg reportedly approved the teaching of sex hygiene in the upper grades...
- Behaviour change not consistent when STI is suspected. // Nursing Standard;9/28/2005, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p17
Examines the changes in people's behavior in response to sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Great Britain. Percentage of participants reported with STD symptoms; Rate of percentage of STD prevalence for symptomatic men and women; Implication of understanding the differences in behavior for...
- Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Bell, Susan E. // Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History;1998, p66
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective authored Our Bodies, Ourselves, the first and still the most comprehensive book to provide information about women's health and sexuality. The Collective seeks to challenge the medicalization of normal life events such as pregnancy and menopause, to...
- Government site offering advice about teens draws complaints. // Curriculum Review;Oct2005, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p4
The article reports that medical professionals and more than 150 public health and advocacy groups in the U.S. contend the federal Web site 4parents.gov includes misinformation about contraception, sexual orientation and other issues, according to the periodical USA Today. Independent physicians...
- The Importance of Dual Protection for Hormonal Contraception Users at Risk for STI/HIV Infection. // Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality;2005, Vol. 14 Issue 3/4, p127
The article presents research which assessed the importance of dual protection for hormonal contraception users at risk for sexually transmitted illnesses. The study examined the patterns of condom use discontinuation among first time oral contraceptives and injectable hormonal contraception...
- A sexual health prevention priority. Peckham, Stephen; Hann, Alison // Bulletin of the World Health Organization;Jun2008, Vol. 86 Issue 6, p490
The article discusses cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates and argues that cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination should be seen as integral parts of a wider sexual health promotion programme. According to the authors, the HPV vaccine offers some hope in reducing the levels of...
- SEX EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS. Kirkendall, Lester A. // Education Digest;Sep1944, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p17
The article presents a reprint of the article "Sex education in high schools," by Lester A. Kirkendall, which appeared in the March 1944 issue of the "Clearing House". The author explains that during the school year of 1942-1943, he worked with a program of sex education or social-hygiene...
- Older, but Not Wiser: How Men Get Information About AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases After High School. Bradner, Carolyn H.; Ku, Leighton; Lindberg, Laura Duberstein // Family Planning Perspectives;Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p33
Context: As they reach adulthood, young men are less likely to use condoms and are at increased risk for exposure to AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Little is known about which prevention efforts reach men in their 20s. Methods: Longitudinal data from the 1988, 1990-1991 and...
