The Impact of Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs in the United States on Adolescent Sexual Outcomes [PDF]
, 2019 Though there are many evaluations of abstinence-only sex education programs in the United States, there is a relatively small body of literature exploring the programs’ impact specifically on adolescent sexual behavior.
Heels, Sonja W.
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Abstinence-only-until-marriage : An Updated review of U.S. policies and programs and their impact [PDF]
, 2017 Adolescence is marked by the emergence of human sexuality, sexual identity and the initiation of intimate relations; within this context, abstinence from sexual intercourse can be a healthy choice.
Amanda J. Mason-Jones +69 more
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Sexual Abstinence Among Filipino Seafarers in International Ships [PDF]
TransNavAbstinence from sexual intercourse is an important behavioral strategy for preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and pregnancy among adolescents.
Rolando A. Alimen +9 more
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Effectiveness of the Dual Approach Program to promote sexual abstinence in Thai early female adolescents and improve parent-daughter sexual communication [PDF]
Journal of Health Research, 2019 Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of abstinence-based sexual education programs delivered in parallel to Thai parents and their early adolescent daughters to promote sexual abstinence and improve communication regarding ...
Kultida Hattakitpanichakul +3 more
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Abstinence Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education: What are the Arguments? What is the Evidence? [PDF]
, 2002 Responding to the continuing health threats of HIV, STIs and unplanned pregnancy among young people, the widely respected Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences recently recommended eliminating congressional, federal, state and local ...
Chris Collins +3 more
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Systematic review of abstinence-plus HIV prevention programs in high-income countries.
PLoS Medicine, 2007 BackgroundAbstinence-plus (comprehensive) interventions promote sexual abstinence as the best means of preventing HIV, but also encourage condom use and other safer-sex practices.
Kristen Underhill +2 more
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Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Natural reward and drugs of abuse converge upon the mesolimbic system which mediates motivation and reward behaviors. Drugs induce neural adaptations in this system, including transcriptional, morphological, and synaptic changes, which contribute to the ...
Kyle K Pitchers +6 more
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Reducing Sexual Risk with Practice of Periodic Secondary Abstinence [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: Test a novel intervention to help sexually experienced girls increase abstinence behaviors and attitudes. Design: A quasi-experimental repeated measures design using qualitative and quantitative data.
Haglund, Kristin
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Kazan medical journal, 1904 Who among mothers and fathers and, in general, persons with a good fortune in the upbringing of the young generation, and consciously and seriously take this upbringing, did not worry and did not think when his child was approaching the period of sexual maturity or, in the language of physiologists, when the development of indivisible plant life ends ...
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Sex and Sexuality in the United States: A Brief History of Culture Wars [PDF]
, 2011 The HIV/AIDS pandemic has entered its thirtieth year; sex trafficking persists as an $8 billion industry (May 2006); unwanted pregnancies and transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continuously occur due to a lack of simple knowledge ...
Marcus, Olivia
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