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Article: What Works to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases; New Resource Provides Guidelines for Developing Effective Policies and Programs.
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- May 21, 2002
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Byline: The Knight Foundation
WASHINGTON, May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- How do you prevent teen-age pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? Do sex education programs work? What role do parents and peers play in teens' reproductive health choices? To help answer these questions, Child Trends reviewed hundreds of the best research studies available and summarized the findings in a new research brief, Preventing Teen-age Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: What the Research Shows. An accompanying Web-based What Works table presents the results of evaluations of a variety of strategies to promote adolescent reproductive health.
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