3/26/08: From the
National Partnership for Women and Families
COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION STUDENTS LESS LIKELY TO
HAVE TEEN PREGNANCIES, STUDY SAYS An
analysis of a 2002 federal survey has found that
heterosexual teenagers ages 15 to 19 who received
comprehensive sex education were about half as
likely to report pregnancies as teens who received
abstinence-only sex education or no sex education.
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3/13/08: From the Denver
Post
STD NUMBERS ADD UP TO "STAGGERING" CHALLENGE
At Denver's school and community health clinics,
health officials say they face limited funding and
the challenge of getting through to some teens and
adults.
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3/11/08: From the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE CDC STUDY FINDS 1 IN 4
TEENAGE GIRLS HAS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
A CDC study estimates that one in four young
women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the United
States is infected with at least one of the most
common sexually transmitted diseases.
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3/4/08: From the National
Partnership for Women and Families
SEXUALLY ACTIVE TEENS WITH
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS MORE LIKELY TO USE
CONTRACEPTION
Sexually
active teenagers who identify their relationships
with partners as romantic and who go out socially
with those individuals are more likely to use
contraceptives than similar teens in casual
relationships, according to an analysis of data
collected by Child Trends.
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