Key findings from "Comprehensive Sexuality Education as a Primary Prevention Strategy for Sexual Violence Perpetration"
Can school-based sex education programs become an important strategy in preventing harm?
Can school-based sex education programs become an important strategy in preventing harm?
School-based sex education plays a vital role in the sexual health and well-being of young people. Little is known, however, about the effectiveness of efforts beyond pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention.
This summary is based on the seven-chapter publication "14 and Younger: the Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents" - the work of seven teams of investigators examining three nationally-representative data sets and three smaller data sets.
This study was conducted in 1999 using data from a nationally representative survey of 5th and 6th grader teachers (n=1789) in 5,543 public schools.
This article presents three articles in this issue of Family Planning Perspectives.
This study analyzed data from a nationally representative survey of 3,754 7th-12th grade teachers of the subjects most often responsible for sexuality education.