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- Fewer pregnancies, more virginity among teens. // Off Our Backs;May2001, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p4
Reports the reduction of teenaged pregnancies due to comprehensive sex education in the Netherlands.
- Abstinence, anyone? // Commonweal;01/26/2001, Vol. 128 Issue 2, p5
Focuses on the virtue and effectiveness of stressing abstinence in public-school sex education. Controversies associated with the implementation of abstinence-only programs in the United States; Debates over the place of moral norms in sex education; Decline in the rate of teenage pregnancy.
- The Long-Term Effects of a Peer-Led Sex Education Programme (RIPPLE): A Cluster Randomised Trial in Schools in England. Stephenson, Judith; Strange, Vicki; Allen, Elizabeth; Copas, Andrew; Johnson, Anne; Bonell, Chris; Babiker, Abdel; Oakley, Ann // PLoS Medicine;Nov2008, Vol. 5 Issue 11, pe224
Judith Stephenson and colleagues report on a cluster randomized trial in London of school-based peer-led sex education and whether it reduced unintended teenage pregnancy.
- Let's talk about sex. Lynch, Elizabeth // Nursing Standard;7/7/2004, Vol. 18 Issue 43, p16
Discusses the role of school nurses in sex education in Great Britain. Challenges faced by school nurses in getting the case history of pregnant teenagers; Role of school nurses as a counselor; Teenage pregnancy rates; Confidentiality issues. INSET: Tackling the problem.
- Talking About Sex. Curran, Carla; Witt, Virginia // State Legislatures;Oct/Nov2002, Vol. 28 Issue 9, p24
Focuses on the issues that should be addressed in sex education courses offered by several schools in the U.S. Rates of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. as of October 2002; Provisions of several sex education laws that have been enacted by state legislatures in the U.S.; Views of parents on the...
- Using Randomized Designs to Evaluate Client-Centered Programs to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy. McBride, Dennis; Gienapp, Anne // Family Planning Perspectives;Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p227
Context: Interventions to prevent adolescent pregnancy (primarily curriculum-based programs) have not produced convincing evidence as to their success. Moreover, many evaluation approaches have been inadequate to assess program effectiveness. Therefore, rigorous evaluation of different kinds of...
- Sexuality Education: Our Current Status, and an Agenda for 2010. Wilson, Susan N. // Family Planning Perspectives;Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p252
This article focuses on sexuality education, and the current status and agenda for the year 2010. The research articles in this issue record changes in sexuality education during the last decade of the 20th century. The author's says that his view of condition, a decade from now will be shaped,...
- Miseducation: The Lowdown on Abstinence-Only Sex-Ed Programs. Bruggink, Heidi // Humanist;Jan/Feb2007, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p4
This article discusses U.S. federal funding of abstinence-only sex education programs. There are good reasons to doubt the effectiveness of the approach, as little evidence exists that it reduces teen pregnancy. Many of the funds are funneled to religious groups that attempt to proselytize. The...
- Teenagers need sex education, not just abstinence advice. Tanne, Janice Hopkins // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);7/16/2005, Vol. 331 Issue 7509, p129
Focuses on the issue of sex education for teenagers. Reports on how the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that teenagers receive counselling to postpone sexual activity and access to and information about contraception without prescriptions; Review of statistics on sexual activity...
