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Article: Postponing sexual intercourse among urban junior high school students - a randomized controlled evaluation.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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Aarons, S.J., Jenkins, R.R., Raine, T.R. et al. (2000). Postponing sexual intercourse among urban junior high school students - a randomized controlled evaluation. Journal of Adolescent Health, 27, 236-247.
There is growing evidence that the most behaviourally effective approaches to school-based sexual health education for youth combine a dual focus that addresses the information, attitudes, and skills to delay first intercourse, particularly among younger teens, and contraceptive/safer sex information, attitudes, and skills, particularly among older teens. The research also suggests that the positive behavioural impact of such programs can be enhanced by ...