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Herrling, Scott; Hirsch, Heather – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2022
Objectives: To test the ACE-Plus curriculum, a two-session program that teaches males in foster care and/or preventive services about correct and consistent condom use, and engagement with female partners to obtain and use contraception. Methods: Nine foster care agencies in New York City randomly assigned 223 males aged 16-20 to the ACE-Plus…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Contraception, Sexuality, Prevention
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Seo, Dong-Chul; Li, Kaigang – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2012
Objective: To examine longitudinal trajectories of perceived weight from adolescence to early adulthood by gender. Methods: We analyzed 9 waves (1997-2005) of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 8302) using Mplus. Results: Perceived overweight increased over time among girls and did not level off until 23 years of age. Blacks…
Descriptors: Intervention, Adolescents, Young Adults, Obesity