The author defines populations communications as all information, education, and other activities which can produce changes in attitudes and behavior towards contraception, family planning, and population growth. He discusses in this paper the effort made in 27 nations to utilize commercial, profit-making goods and services for the purpose of…

In this paper, the author outlines the historical development of information and education programs for population control and family planning, arguing that communications activities should receive as much emphasis as the health services program. The public information aspect includes use of mass media, advertising and promotion, public relations…

The contraceptive utilization of a sample of sexually active, urban, high school males (Black, Hispanic, and White) was examined by anonymous questionnaire. Contraceptive use was haphazard, but White males tended to be more effective contraceptors than the other two groups. Reasons for nonuse were also studied. (Author/SJL)

Current sex education programs for America's young people are inadequate. Data are presented which support this view. (BB)

This study analyzes the twentieth-century American fertility swing. By viewing the three classical fertility determinants, fecundity, mate exposure, and birth control, as dynamic variables with both independent and interactive effects, it attempts to decipher the process by which some individuals gain control of their childbearingwhile others do…

Health educators should encourage school systems to provide sex education as least as early as junior high school, and they ought to urge that content and approach of the curriculum be realistic and relevant to the sexual lifestyles of today's generation. (MB)

The most apparent roadblock to reaching the college-age population is the widespread belief that AIDS is a homosexual disease. College students don't know how to translate what they learn about AIDS into the way they live. Counseling is advocated. (MLW)

AIDS education is seen as the moral and ethical obligation of colleges and to be effective it must be aimed at changing behavior and repeated in different formats. The more effective the program, the more controversial it might be, because effective programs admit that there's explorational behavior by students. (MLW)

Describes efforts to address the problem of teenage pregnancy in Sweden, which has a much lower adolescent fertility rate than the United States. Discusses compulsory sex education; school gynecological clinics and youth centers; the easy availability of the pill and condoms; and cultural and attitudinal differences regarding abortion and…

Explores the nature of surplus population in a managerial society (perceived as a global trend toward ascendency of the technical intelligentsia and intellectuals) in contrast with the underclass under capitalism. Asserts that "the Law of the Progressive Elimination of Undesirable Population" guides the policies of the managerial class.…

Noting that rates of teen pregnancies and births have declined over the past decade, this analysis examined how much of the progress is due to fewer teens having sex and how much to lower rates of pregnancy among sexually active teens. The analysis drew on data from the federal government's National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), a large,…

This document outlines the development, evaluation, and replication of the Carrera model for pregnancy prevention. The Carerra model helps teens avoid pregnancy by empowering them to develop and reach personal goals, and by providing them with information on sexual issues, including abstinence, contraception, and the consequences of sexual…

Research findings are presented on birth control methods and usage; unwanted children; and the effects of family size, birth order and social class on the child. (NH)

A sample of 130 pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers was surveyed via a self-administered closed-ended questionnaire to determine the factors that discriminate between girls who become pregnant in early versus late adolescence. Dating patterns, extent of parental control, and knowledge and use of birth control were among the areas surveyed.…