Mentioning teens and sex in the same sentence, if you're not condemning them, often has negative consequences. Judith Levine, whose book Harmful to Minors (University of Minnesota Press, 2002) argued that children and teens can enjoy sexual pleasure safely, received death threats, and Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders was let go in 1994 after she advocated that masturbation be taught in schools.
New York People - Teens' Sexual Rights - page 1 - 0 views
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"Kids aren't getting comprehensive sex education that covers everything, including abstinence, safer sex, and sexual orientation. Most curricula don't acknowledge that kids want to have sex or address those desires reasonably and logically. Libraries have filters on Internet sites, so kids can't get into basic teen education sites."
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"The adolescents I work with are full of myths about sex. I've heard everything from 'birth control makes you sterile' to 'you can't get pregnant if you have sex right before or after your period' to 'condoms don't protect you from HIV and other STDs.' "
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Impact of Sex and HIV Education Programs on Sexual Behaviors of Youth in Developing and... - 0 views
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Impact of Sex and HIV Education Programs on Sexual Behaviors of Youth in Developing and Developed Countries (2005, Youth Research Working Paper Series) Sex and HIV education programs that are based on a written curriculum and that are implemented among groups of youth in school, clinic, or community settings are a promising type of intervention to reduce adolescent sexual risk behaviors. This paper summarizes a review of 83 evaluations of such programs in developing and developed countries. The programs typically focused on pregnancy or HIV/STI prevention behaviors, not on broader issues of sexuality such as developmental stages, gender roles, or romantic relationships. The review analyzed the impact programs had on sexual risk-taking behaviors among young people. It addressed two primary research questions: 1) What are the effects, if any, of curriculum-based sex and HIV education programs on sexual risk behaviors, STI and pregnancy rates, and mediating factors such as knowledge and attitudes that affect those behaviors? 2) What are the common characteristics of the curricula-based programs that were effective in changing sexual risk behaviors?
Youth reproductive and sexual health - USAIDS 2008 report - 0 views
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The study provides information on key reproductive and sexual health indicators in young women and men age 15-24 in 38 developing countries. The data come from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and AIDS Indicator Surveys (AIS) conducted between 2001 and 2005. Indicators are selected for the following key areas: background characteristics; adolescent pregnancy; contraception; sexual activity; and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Additional analysis examines the association of various individual and household characteristics with the key indicators.
WHO | Fact sheets - 1 views
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Contraceptive prevalence
WHO | Topic: adolescent/young people - 0 views
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adolescence
ICPD+15 Events Calendar - 0 views
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China launches sex education campaign-China-World-The Times of India - 0 views
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China launched a national sex education campaign on Sunday in order to break traditional taboos and encourage people suffering from A couple at a kissing contest in Hefei, central China. (Agencies Photo) sexually transmitted diseases and infertility to seek medical help.
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The new campaign for safe sex has been named as "The sunshine project to care for gender health". It involves use of posters and holding competitions besides sponsoring an international sex toy fair in Beijing, organisers said. The idea is to get people to discuss “painful topics" concerning their sexual life. The government recently intensified a television campaign to promote condom use, which is significant in a country where talking about sex is problematic for many people.
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Officials bemoaned the fact that more than one-third of those suffering from sex related problems never seek medical help. Only seven percent of women and slightly more than eight percent of men seek immediate medical help for sexual problems while a lot of others take a lot of time before deciding to visit hospitals
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Aids is China's deadliest disease - 0 views
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Chinese officials have said that HIV/Aids was the leading cause of death last year, compared with other infectious diseases.
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Initially it was concentrated in high-risk populations, injecting drug users in particular.
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But now the main cause of transmission is thought to be unsafe sex.
Addressing Cultural Sensitivities - 0 views
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common concern among adults that adolescent reproductive health programs will encourage adolescent sexual activity
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Young people have traditionally learned about sex and reproduction through the extended family or via a network of neighbors or friends, often in conjunction with well-defined rituals or rites of passage. Sex education in the schools can be perceived as a challenge to these more traditional routes. Furthermore, most societies do not grant adolescents full legal, economic, and social rights. Adult control over young people’s access to health education and services, including contraception, is seen as natural.
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politicians and government officials often enact laws and formal policies that limit their access to reproductive health care. Such regulations usually require a minimum age, parental consent, or that a person be married to receive the service
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FHI - Chapter 2: Barriers to Reproductive Health Care - 0 views
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Adolescents' reproductive health needs are immense, but so are the obstacles young people face in trying to maintain good reproductive health. Lack of knowledge, information and services all create barriers
