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Science and Success: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections. Third Edition. Executive Summary
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Alford, Sue – Advocates for Youth, 2012
Teen pregnancy in the United States has declined significantly in the last two decades. Despite these declines, rates of teen birth, HIV, and STIs in the United States remain among the highest of any industrialized nation. Socio-economic, cultural and structural factors such as poverty, limited access to health care, racism and unemployment…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Using Anatomical Dolls in HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs
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Morgan, Marcia – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2009
Research has shown that the correct and consistent use of the male latex condom is the single most efficient, cost-effective way to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV and other infections. Yet information must be communicated in a way that is clearly understood and actually contributes to behavior change for both women and men. Anatomical…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Disease Control, Communication Problems, Role Playing
Sex in the City: C.A.M.P. Teen Theatre as a Sex Education Tool.
Guzman, Bianca L.; Schlehofer-Sutton, Michele M.; Casad, Bettina J.; Villanueva, Christina M.; Stritto, Mary Ellen Dello; Feria, Aida – 2001
This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Community Awareness Motivation Partnership (C.A.M.P.) theater program, a one-hour sex education program for adolescents. Four hundred and twenty adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 participated in a repeated measures pre/post test design study. The majority of this sample is Latino. Results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Contraception, Drama
C.A.M.P.: A Community-Based Approach to Promoting Safe Sex Behavior in Adolescence.
Guzman, Bianca L.; Casad, Bettina J.; Schlehofer-Sutton, Michele M.; Villanueva, Christina M.; Feria, Aida – 2001
The primary goal of this study was to assess the Community Awareness Motivation Partnership (C.A.M.P.) theater intervention based on the behavioral ecological model. C.A.M.P addresses the role of contraceptive use in safe sex behavior through an informative and entertaining culturally relevant dramatization program. Adolescents (N=1613) between…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Contraception, Drama
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention.
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Christopher, F. Scott – Family Relations, 1995
Reviews basic and evaluative research that has reported a relationship between sex education and pregnancy-related behaviors among adolescents. Examines findings from national probability surveys about the relationship between sex education and coital behavior and contraception. Review behavioral success among different types of primary…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Contraception
Evaluation of a School-Based Intervention for HIV/AIDS Prevention among Belizean Adolescents
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Kinsler, Janni; Sneed, Carl D.; Morisky, Donald E.; Ang, Alfonso – Health Education Research, 2004
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a cognitive-behavioral peer-facilitated school-based HIV/AIDS education program on knowledge, attitudes and behavior among primary and secondary students in Belize. Students (N = 150) were recruited from six schools in Belize City. A quasi-experimental research design was used to assess the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Control Groups, Research Design, Intervention