Describes a program intended to assist family-planning workers in Indai overcome their reluctance to use "dirty words when teaching illiterate villagers contraceptive techniques. Project supported by Health and Family Planning Division of the USAID, New Delhi, India. (LS)

Assessed influence of subsidiary learning activities in a physiology class on attitudes of students (N= approximately 173) toward contraceptives. A significantly larger number of students possessed positive attitudes after engaging in such activities as reading assignments and large/small group discussions during the course of one semester. (JN)

Examined relationships between perceptions of marital communication and the choice of male or female sterilization in 313 couples. The wife's perception of marital communication was negatively related to the tendency for the couple to choose female sterilization, conditional on female labor force participation. Communication questions are…

Perception of pregnancy risk, fertility knowledge, and probability-based teaching examples of risk were assessed in 104 primiparous urban adolescents 13-18 years of age in their second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Perception of risk was not associated with age, actual frequency of intercourse, or level of fertility knowledge. (Author/PN)

The relationships among weight, cigarette smoking, use of contraceptive pills, and blood pressure were investigated in over 1,500 college students who underwent physical examinations in their first and third academic years. Results of the study are discussed. (PP)

This paper determined factors predictive of contraceptive embarrassment, and the relationship of contraceptive embarrassment to contraceptive use among young unmarried females. The most important predictors found were parental attitude to premarital intercourse and sexual guilt. The embarrassment scale had significant correlations with…

Studied the relationship between premarital sexual guilt and contraceptive attitudes and behavior among young single women. High-guilt subjects were significantly more embarrassed about coming to the birth control clinics and were more likely to believe that it was difficult to obtain birth control. (Author)

Contrary to legend and past experiences of older generations, respondents reported no major barriers to the purchase of contraceptives. Convenience was the major factor determining the place of purchase. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Human Sexuality Section, San Francisco, September 1978. (Author)

Increases in abortions can be traced to changing public opinion, women entering the labor force, and higher levels of premarital sexual activity. Abortion tends to be more common among younger women and those in lower income and education categories. More aggressive family planning programs are needed. (JAC)

A comparison of the premarital contraceptive attitudes and practices of college females with problem (unwanted) pregnancies and those of sexually active, nonpregnant college females was made in two samples taken from a large midwestern university. Findings reveal that ineffective contraceptive practices are a contributing factor to the occurrence…

In a study in Puerto Rico, Hill, Stycos, and Back (1959) reported that the egalitarian, "modern" family facilitated contraceptive use in societies undergoing rapid social change. An examination of data from Turkey suggests that their "model" does not explain very much of the variation in contraceptive behavior in Turkey. (Author)

When criticizing the author's character-education article in the November 1993 "Educational Leadership," William Bennetta fails to acknowledge that nondirective sex education has failed. Abstinence is not the Religious Right's invention, but is the only medically safe, morally responsible choice for unmarried teenagers. The Teen-Aid and…

Examines communication about contraception and specific knowledge of oral contraceptives (OCs) in a sample of Norwegian high school students. More females than males discussed contraception at least monthly. Discussions were predominantly held with peers and not adults. Females were far more knowledgeable about OCs than males. The most significant…

Almost half of AIDS cases among Hispanics associated with sexual transmission. Of 25 condom brands studied, only half provided Spanish instructions. Readability tests indicate these texts pose difficulties for anyone reading below ninth-grade level. Suggests need to modify AIDS education and prevention materials available to Hispanic community.…