Sexual Abstinence In Schools
Of these ranging theories of educational direction, this review will focus on practices that could lead to safe sexual practiced to be implemented into a national curriculum. When the focus of sexual abstinence is placed solely on sexual health and relationship interventions, it is has shown to be non-effective in changes in school student’s sexual behavior (Jones et al., 2009; Scher et al., 2006; Underhill et al., 2007). A series of reviews (DiCenso et al., 2002; Jones et al., 2009; Kirby, 2007; Scher et al., 2006) concluded that when educating on protection from STIs, and risks from unprotected sexual activity and unplanned pregnancy, can abstinence only programs prove effectivity on awareness, however does not show effective difference
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Harden, A., Brunton, G., Fletcher, A., & Oakley, A. (2009). “Teenage pregnancy and social disadvantage: Systematic review integrating controlled trials and qualitative studies.” BMJ, 339, b4254. doi.10.1136/bmj.b4254
Jackson, C., Haw, S., & Frank, J. eds. (2010). Adolescent and young adult health in Scotland: Interventions that address multiple risk behaviors or take a generic approach to risk in youth. Edinburgh: Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy.
Johnson, B. T., Carey, M. P., Marsh, K. L., Levin, K. D., & Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J. (2003). “Interventions to reduce sexual risk for the human immunodeficiency virus in adolescents, 1985–2000: A research synthesis.” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 157, 01–388. doi.10.1001/archpedi.157.4.381
Jones, L., Bates, G., Downing, J., Sumnall, H., & Bellis, M. A. eds. (2009). A review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of personal, social and health education in secondary schools focusing on sex and relationships and alcohol education for young people aged 11 to 19 years. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores
H., DiCenso, A., Farewell, V., Willan, A., & Griffith, L. (2000). “Randomized trials versus observational studies in adolescent pregnancy prevention.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 53, 174. doi.10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00160-2
Harden, A., Brunton, G., Fletcher, A., & Oakley, A. (2009). “Teenage pregnancy and social disadvantage: Systematic review integrating controlled trials and qualitative studies.” BMJ, 339, b4254. doi.10.1136/bmj.b4254
Jackson, C., Haw, S., & Frank, J. eds. (2010). Adolescent and young adult health in Scotland: Interventions that address multiple risk behaviors or take a generic approach to risk in youth. Edinburgh: Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy.
Johnson, B. T., Carey, M. P., Marsh, K. L., Levin, K. D., & Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J. (2003). “Interventions to reduce sexual risk for the human immunodeficiency virus in adolescents, 1985–2000: A research synthesis.” Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 157, 01–388. doi.10.1001/archpedi.157.4.381
Jones, L., Bates, G., Downing, J., Sumnall, H., & Bellis, M. A. eds. (2009). A review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of personal, social and health education in secondary schools focusing on sex and relationships and alcohol education for young people aged 11 to 19 years. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores