Do abstinence programs work? / Christine Watkins, book editor.
Contributor(s): Watkins, Christine [editor.] | Gale Group.
Series: Gale virtual reference library.At issueTeen issues: Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (131 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780737768282; 9780737768299; 9780737776300.Subject(s): Pregnancy, Unwanted -- United States | Sex instruction for teenagers -- United States | Sexual abstinence -- United States | Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Do abstinence programs work?.DDC classification: 306.70835 Online resources: Aquí puedes acceder a este libro en forma virtual| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Abstinence education programs are effective / Christine Kim and Robert Rector -- 2. Abstinence education programs are not effective / The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States -- 3. Abstinence is the best policy in preventing teen pregnancy / US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce -- 4. Abstinence-only programs are ineffective in preventing teen pregnancy / Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall and David W. Hall -- 5. Abstinence sex education programs should receive federal funding / National Abstinence Education Association -- 6. Comprehensive sex education programs should receive federal funding / Jendayi Phillip -- 7. Most US parents favor abstinence sex education programs / National Abstinence Education Foundation -- 8. Abstinence education programs incorporate shame and guilt / Calah Alexander -- 9. Abstinence education programs do not incorporate shame and guilt / Valerie Huber and Greg Pfundstein -- 10. Sex education should be taught at home as well as in schools / AVERT -- 11. Abstinence programs isolate LGBTQ youth / Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States -- 12. Sex education policy needs to be revised / Andrew Jenkins -- 13. Parents should be more open and honest about teenage sexuality / Amanda Marcotte.
Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.
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