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Article: Viewpoints of Minnesota students on school-based sexuality education.
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
- Author:
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Each year in the United States almost one million adolescent girls become pregnant, and two and a half million adolescents are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD).[1-3] Sexuality education in the public school system is one of the primary approaches to preventing health problems resulting from adolescent sexual activity. Several studies demonstrate that exposure to human sexuality education does not increase the likelihood that students will begin sexual activity earlier.[4-6] Sexuality education that includes discussion of birth control is also linked to a greater likelihood of contraceptive use among adolescents.[6-8] However, researchers have also ...