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- Abstinence is the surest way to avoid the risk of STDs and unwed childbearing. Abstinence education “teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school age children” and stresses the social, psychological, and health benefits of absti-nence.
files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED509485.pdfEvidence on the Effectiveness of Abstinence Education: An Update
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Jun 1, 2018 · Proponents of abstinence education argue that teaching abstinence to youth will delay teens’ first sexual encounter and will reduce the number of partners they have, leading to a...
Authentic abstinence programs are therefore crucial to efforts aimed at reducing unwed child-bearing and improving youth well-being. This paper discusses 22 studies of abstinence education. Sixteen studies examined abstinence programs that were intended primarily to teach abstinence.
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Feb 19, 2010 · When considering effective prevention program aimed at changing teen sexual behavior, lawmakers should consider all of the available empirical evidence and restore funding for abstinence...
Researchers say that programs advocating abstinence until marriage fail to get teens to delay sexual activity and also prevent them from getting important information about pregnancy and...
May 9, 2017 · This entry – far from an exhaustive account of the issue – reviews the polemics surrounding abstinence education, summarizes abstinence education’s history in the USA, and reflects on the role sexual abstinence plays in adolescent development.
May 31, 2005 · Abstract. Abstinence from sexual intercourse is an important behavioral strategy for preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and pregnancy among adolescents.
These data show clearly that abstinence-only education as a state policy is ineffective in preventing teenage pregnancy and may actually be contributing to the high teenage pregnancy rates in the U.S.