Don’t let this hiccup stop you from making change in your community!Description: Researchers at the University of Washington set out to compare the sexual health risk of adolescents who have received various types of sexuality education.On May 25, 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect in the EU.This legislation sounds super boring, but it’s actually really important to protect your privacy and information.By this narrow definition they found that 66.8% of respondents reported receiving comprehensive sex education, 23.8% reported abstinence-only, and 9.4% reported no sex education.However, no information was available about the quality, context, or duration of either the abstinence-only or comprehensive sex education programs.
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Though a number of recent studies have evaluated specific programs, little research has been done on the adolescent population as a whole.
This study used data collected in 2002–03 through the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), a nationwide survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics.
Source: Pamela Kohler, et al., “Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy,” SIECUS Analysis: This study adds to the growing body of research in support of a comprehensive approach to sexuality education.
First, it confirms that abstinence-only-until-marriage programs are not effective in changing young people’s sexual behavior or preventing negative outcomes such as teen pregnancy.