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1 online resource (131 pages) The US debate concerning the most appropriate type of sex education for school-age youth-- abstinence or comprehensive-- continues to rage with no indication of subsiding. One thing has remained consistent, however, and that is the public support for sex education in general. The authors included in At Issue: Do Abstinence Programs Work? present a variety of opinions surrounding the subject of abstinence sex education, including its effect on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, federal funding of sex education programs, and what topics should be included in the curriculum. -- Page 10 of volume Includes bibliographical references and index 1. Abstinence education programs are effective / Christine Kim and Robert Rector -- 2. Abstinence education programs are not effective / The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States -- 3. Abstinence is the best policy in preventing teen pregnancy / US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce -- 4. Abstinence-only programs are ineffective in preventing teen pregnancy / Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall and David W. Hall -- 5. Abstinenc

Author

Christine Watkins, book editor

Publisher

Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780737776300

Subjects

Sociology, Gender Studies, Social_sciences