Do Abstinence-Plus Interventions Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior among Youth?
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Do Abstinence-Plus Interventions Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior among Youth?
Perspectives A bstinence until marriage has emerged as a primary policy goal in efforts to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health—in the United States and increasingly worldwide. While few would argue with abstinence as a personal choice (no one should be forced to have sex), there are serious questions about whether government promotion of abstinence should be a public health goal. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040276