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- The Institutionalization of Knowledge in Israel Sex Education Programs: A Historical Review, 1948-1987. Cavaglion, Gabriel // Journal of Sex Education & Therapy;2000, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p286
This paper examines the development of sex education in Israel from the establishment of the State to the late 1980s. Sex education in Israel is reviewed historically as an inseparable relationship between professional knowledge and power, here crystallized in the institutionalization of sex...
- Sex ed as sex ideology. // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;11/7/94, Vol. 21 Issue 47, p21
Reports that the cover story of the October 1994 issue of `The Atlantic Monthly' states that there is little evidence to show that comprehensive sex education has had a significant impact on teenage sexual behavior. Statistics of unwed teenage childbearing; How comprehensive sex education is...
- Adolescent sexuality: A fact of life. Gourlay, Peter // Youth Studies Australia;Winter1994, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p56
Opinion. Comments on sexuality education programs for adolescents in Australia. Goals of sexuality education teachers; Need to acknowledge that young people are sexual beings; Issues about the advocacy of abstinence; Factors to consider in promoting condoms.
- Sex and HIV/AIDS education in schools. Kirby, Douglas // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);8/12/95, Vol. 311 Issue 7002, p403
Focuses on the impact of sex and HIV/AIDS education in schools on sexual behavior among adolescent. Growing concern about sexual risk-taking behavior among adolescent; Studies that suggest education programs did not hasten the onset of intercourse; Characteristics of effective educational program.
- School sex education: An experimental programme with educational and medical benefit. Mellanby, Alex R.; Phelps, Fran A. // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);8/12/95, Vol. 311 Issue 7002, p414
Evaluates a controlled experimental implementation of a sex education program in a British secondary school in terms of attitude, knowledge gain and behavior change and acceptability. Main outcome measures; Conclusion that school sex education with specific targeted methods using medical staff...
- When is it too soon to talk to kids about sex? Lewis; Rosenbeck, Sharmaine // New York Amsterdam News;09/16/99, Vol. 90 Issue 38, p20
Focuses on the need for parents in the United States to educate their adolescent children on responsible sexual behavior. Sexually oriented advertisement's effect on young people; 13.9 as the average age at which teens first engage in sex; Need for parents to talk to children about the use of...
- Schools skimping on sex education. // USA Today Magazine;Aug98, Vol. 127 Issue 2639, p13
Reports on the status of sex education programs of public schools in the United States. Role of parents in combating teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases; Survey commissioned by Durex Consumer Products, a company that manufacturers condoms, to determine the level of knowledge of...
- PRESENT DAY ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CAMP COMMUNITY. Ditter, Bob // Camping Magazine;Jan2011, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p34
The article looks at the sexuality of adolescents and its implications for the camp community in the U.S. It offers findings of various studies assessing the sexual behavior of young people such as their engagement and perception of sexual activity, definitions of sexual behavior, and attitudes...
- RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BODY SIZE, SOMATOTYPE COMPONENTS AND SEXUAL MATURATION IN ESTONIAN ADOLESCENTS. Veldre, Gudrun; J�rim�e, Toivo // Papers on Anthropology;2003, Vol. 12, p271
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate how body size (height, weight) and somatotype components are linked with sexual maturation in Estonian adolescents. In total, 745 randomly selected 12-15-year-old students (356 boys and 389 girls) from Tartu (about 100,000 inhabitants)...
