JUST DON'T DO IT! (cover story). By: Kelly, Katy. U.S. News & World Report. 10/17/2005, Vol. 139 Issue 14, p44-51. 8p. 7 Color Photographs. Abstract: Offers a discussion about whether children are learning too much or not enough about sex. Emphasis of some schools on abstinence-only sexual education programs; Reference to the book "Sex & Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide," by Deborah Rof...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study explores youth and parent agreement about conversations on specific topics related to sexual risk behavior and youth-parent relationship. The study's objective was to determine if the amount of agreement was associated with youth sexual behavior. METHODS Data were collected using a computer-assisted data entry system from one parent and one youth in 1,350 ...

Parental communication and support is associated with improved developmental, health and behavioral outcomes in adolescence. This study explores the quality of mother-daughter communication about sexual maturation, abstinence and unintended pregnancy in Korogocho, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. We use data from 14 focus group discussions (n = 124) and 25 interviews with girls aged 12...

In this issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Marín and colleagues examine sixth-, seventh-and eighth-grade characteristics as predictors of sexual activity in ninth grade among roughly 2,500 students in California (page 76). The study provides empirical evidence of the independent contribution of nonsexual romantic relationships in the seventh grade to the onset of sexual in...

Although adolescent pregnancy rates in the United States have decreased significantly over the past decade, births to adolescents remain both an individual and public health issue. As advocates for the health and well-being of all young people, the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly supports the recommendation that adolescents postpone consensual sexual activity until they are fully ready ...

Although adolescent pregnancy rates in the United States have decreased significantly over the past decade, births to adolescents remain both an individual and public health issue. As advocates for the health and well-being of all young people, the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly supports the recommendation that adolescents postpone consensual sexual activity until they are fully ready ...

Abstinence Only Until Marriage (AOUM) programs, also known as Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) are non-comprehensive, religion and values-based programs that still widely used, supported by government funding, in schools around the United States of America. Content these include messages misogyny, heteronormativity, racism, among others. Existing research has indicated sex education lack efficacy pr...