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BETTER THAN CONDOMS IN A COOKIE JAR.(sexual abstinence programs for teens)(Brief Article)
The condoms-in-a-cookie-jar crowd has long insisted there is no effective alternative to their favored method for dealing with teen sex, pregnancy, and disease. "Abstinence" programs presented as an option bring only derisive snorts from liberal sex educators.
As evidence accumulates, however, that snorting looks more and more foolish. For example, a major study in the American Journal of Sociology recently found that teens who took an abstinence pledge, such as the one promoted by the program "True Love Waits," were 34 percent less likely to have premarital sex than others, and were far older when they finally did have intercourse.
"The delay effect is substantial and almost impossible to erase," wrote Columbia's Peter Bearman and ...
- Majorities of U.S. Adults Do Not Believe Abstinence Programs are Effective in...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 30, 2006 700+ words
...minorities, believe that these abstinence programs work well. Most adults do not believe...of all adults do not believe that abstinence programs are effective in reducing or preventing...pregnancies. Many people do not believe abstinence programs work well to reduce extra- marital...
- YOUTH ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS BLASTED.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) June 7, 2005 700+ words
...Press CLEVELAND -- Some abstinence programs taught in middle schools...of the publicly funded abstinence programs. Officials at the Ohio...oversees many of the abstinence programs, could not be reached...
- First look at abstinence programs published.
- Magazine article from: Contraceptive Technology Update August 1, 1999 700+ words
First look at abstinence programs published By Lisa Kaeser...accepted the funds for new abstinence programs; California and New Hampshire...to date look at the states abstinence programs during fiscal year 1998...
- 5 abstinence programs receive favorable reviews; Studies show education...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times May 28, 2005 700+ words
...TIMES Favorable research on five abstinence programs, including one criticized by a...build a case for the validity of abstinence programs, said Dr. Joe McIlhaney, founder...Weed and his colleagues write. Abstinence programs may need to be well-designed...
- School abstinence programs bad for teens?
- News wire article from: United Press International September 4, 2003 700+ words
...SIECUS says, some evidence suggests abstinence programs actually might be riskier than comprehensive...pregnancies until federal funding for abstinence programs" was put in place, Gray said...began prior to federal funding for abstinence programs. "There's a very strong research...
- Don't dismiss abstinence programs.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Williams, Mark February 15, 2008 700+ words
...information put forth on the topic ("Abstinence Programs Don't Work," Policy &...with the assertion that two of the abstinence programs studied provided "modestly encouraging...disseminated widely"? Even if abstinence programs are not universally successful...
- Don't dismiss abstinence programs.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News March 1, 2008 700+ words
...information put forth on the topic ("Abstinence Programs Don't Work," Policy &...with the assertion that two of the abstinence programs studied provided "modestly encouraging...disseminated widely"? Even if abstinence programs are not universally successful...
- ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS GETTING BOOST.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) January 31, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Sexual abstinence programs that bar any discussion of birth control or condoms...Critics say there is little evidence showing abstinence programs work. The president will propose $135 million...