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The Influence of Sex Education on Adolescent Health: Abstinence-Only vs. Comprehensive Programs
Blackburn, Tara
Blackburn, Tara
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Abstract
Abstinence-only education is a program that teaches adolescents to abstain from sexual
activity until marriage, and restricts information about the use of condoms and contraceptive
measures to only failure rates. Alternatively, comprehensive sex education informs youth that
abstaining from sexual activity is the best preventative strategy, but still provides information on
pregnancy, STD’s, and the use of condoms and other contraceptive measures to promote safe sex
practices (Masters, Beadnell, Morrison, Hoppe, & Gillmore, 2008). The purpose of this paper is to
discuss these two diverse stances on sex education and identify the benefits that comprehensive sex
education can have on the sexual activity and health of young adolescents. It is important to better
understand the effects that differing types of sex education can have on adolescent health in order to
improve primary prevention measures and teaching strategies and prevent harmful sexual
consequences.
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2009-07-02