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Direct linkSemple, Shirley J.; Pitpitan, Eileen V.; Pines, Heather A.; Harvey-Vera, Alicia; Martinez, Gustavo; Rangel, M. Gudelia; Strathdee, Steffanie A.; Patterson, Thomas L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Understanding the relationship between cognitive and behavioral processes and long-term behavior change is critical to developing behavior change maintenance interventions. We examined the relationship between cognitive and behavioral safer sex maintenance strategies and condomless vaginal/anal sex with clients among female sex workers (FSWs) in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drinking, Cognitive Processes, Behavior
Avellaneda, Claudia N.; Dávalos, Eleonora – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2017
This study seeks to explain macrolevel drivers of adolescent fertility rate using a panel data set derived from 17 Latin American countries over a period of 16 years (1997-2012). While many studies of adolescent fertility have focused on individual-level explanations, this study explores whether adolescent fertility rate is correlated to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sex Education, Comprehensive School Health Education, Birth
Doubova, Svetlana V.; Martinez-Vega, Ingrid Patricia; Infante-Castañeda, Claudia; Pérez-Cuevas, Ricardo – Health Education Research, 2017
To evaluate the effect of an internet-based educational intervention to increase knowledge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), attitudes and self-efficacy toward consistent condom use in Mexican adolescents. A field trial with an intervention and control group was conducted in 14- to 15-year-old students in two secondary schools. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Intervention
Campero, Lourdes; Walker, Dilys; Atienzo, Erika E.; Gutierrez, Juan Pablo – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention for parents of first year high school students in the State of Morelos, Mexico, whose aim was to impact adolescents' sexual behavior, knowledge and access to contraception. Material and methods: Quasi-experimental prospective study with eleven control and eleven intervention…
Descriptors: Contraception, Intervention, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Rouvier, Mariel; Campero, Lourdes; Walker, Dilys; Caballero, Marta – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2011
Sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy among adolescents are important public health issues that can be tackled through the implementation of effective education strategies. Previous studies have documented the importance and effectiveness of parents as primary educators for their adolescents. A qualitative study based on grounded…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Contraception, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Peer reviewedKeller, Alan B. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1973
Families in a Mexican village were interviewed using the California Psychological Inventory and the TAT. Users and nonusers of contraceptives were found to differ on several psychological variables. (ST)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Contraception, Cross Cultural Studies, Family Life
Leonard, Ann – Educational Broadcasting International, 1980
Describes the obstacles encountered in developing a pamphlet to transmit technical information on contraceptive use to nonliterate or minimally literate women in Mexico. (LLS)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Contraception, Family Planning, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBaird, Traci L. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1993
A survey of 81 Mexican adolescents examined sex education, sexual knowledge, and birth control knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Although 85% of the adolescents had received some sex education in school, only 8% believed that teachers should be responsible for sex education. (KS)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Contraception
Download full textLittlefield, Carla N.; And Others – 1986
This guide, written for health managers and clinicians, provides information to meet the family planning needs of migrant farmworkers of Mexican culture. The promotion of maternal and child health for migrant farmworker families has brought attention to the incidence of high risk pregnancies among this population. Research indicates that a need…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Contraception, Family Planning, Health Education
