> The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<http://www.pandagon.net/mtarchives/001260.html>> > An anology that explains why Abstinence-Only > education is so very wrong.
The abstract isn't available in PubMed, but here is the title of one comment on this approach: Why we should "just say no" to exclusive "abstinence-only" funding. Contraception. 2003 Oct;68(4):231-2. No abstract available. PMID: 14572884 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] A newpaper article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/416693.cms "An evaluation of an "abstinence only" sex education program in the US has found that it has failed in its primary objective as the number of children having sex doubled in the year after the course. "However, the study found that the course helped increase healthy conversation about sex between parents and their children. "The comprehensive evaluation of Minnesota's $5 million 'Education Now And Babies Later' program for junior high students, in the age group of 12 to 14 found that the rate of sexually active students leapt from 5.8 per cent to 12.4 per cent after the seminars. "In fact, the number of children likely to have sex before high school graduation also nearly doubled from 9.5 per cent to 17 per cent. "Australian sex educators have said that the study reinforced the importance of teaching children about safe sex , as well as the skills to resist unwanted pressure to have sex..." The negative findings aren't related until page 8 of this pdf file (MN ENABL Evaluation Report 1998-2002) http://www.saynotyet.com/pdfs/eval-report/enabl-report-doc.pdf In this commentary on the ENABL results: http://www.siecus.org/policy/PUpdates/pdate0085.html#MIN "The results of the ENABL report echo the findings of noted researcher Douglas Kirby, who has concluded that strict abstinence-only curricula have never been proven effective and that the most effective programs are comprehensive ones which pair discussion about abstinence with medically-accurate, age appropriate facts about contraception. "So far all of the programs that have been demonstrated to have a positive impact�have been comprehensive sex education that emphasize abstinence and talk about condoms and contraception and encourage their use for young people who are sexually active," said Kirby." Debbi Trying To Catch Up On 'Reply Due' Posts Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
