An abstinence rate of 92% was reported among students who were not sexually active at the beginning of another program called 'Loving Well'-a literature-based program. Similarly Elayne Bennett, a faculty member of the Georgetown University Developm Continue Reading...
Thus, the issue of gender bias in sex education has been implied and touched upon by scholars and the public alike. Some studies, theories, and popular viewpoints seem to suggest that comprehensive sex education is biased toward women because it po Continue Reading...
Sex Education: For almost a century, sex education has been taught in schools across various countries worldwide in different forms to an extent that it has become a major feature of many schools. However, the specific aspects of sex education that Continue Reading...
Sex Education Annotated Bibliography One of the most divisive topics in education is undoubtedly the debate over the degree to which sexual health education should be incorporated into public schools. The topic attracts a great deal of impassioned a Continue Reading...
Sex Education in Schools: The Comprehensive vs. The Abstinence Approach The emergence of the Information Revolution has led to profound discoveries that have resulted to the development and improvement of living conditions in the human society. Limi Continue Reading...
Sex education is an important aspect of youth welfare and health programs. Given the highly active sexual life of high school teenagers in our nation it is only judicious to stress the importance of using condoms in reducing the risk of sexually tran Continue Reading...
Sex Education in Schools To what extent should the schools be responsible for teaching sex education? To what extent should sex education be left to parents? Who should handle education about STDs? Sexual education cannot be relegated to parents alo Continue Reading...
Put another way, abstinence advocates hope that saying "abstinence is the only method which is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy and STIs" will be misinterpreted by the public and politicians to mean the same thing as "abstinence-only education Continue Reading...
Sex Education Between Public and Private School A person's appreciation of sexual activities of human beings impacts one's own discernment and the capability to recount with others. Every person ought to be slowly made aware of one's sexual feeling Continue Reading...
Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo has been a professor of Psychology at Stanford University since 1968 and is one of this nation's most famous psychological researchers. In 1970, his Stanford Prison Experiment dramatically illustrated the capacity of ordinary Continue Reading...
Birth Control and Abstinence Birth Control vs. Abstinence Although birth control methods and abstinence are widely acknowledged and practiced, it is necessary to consider their pros and cons. Every female holds the right to decide if and at what t Continue Reading...
Trends in Risky Sexual Behavior among High School Students in the U.S. Roughly 54% of high school students in the U.S. are estimated to be sexually active, according to the study by MMWR Weekly (1992). The trend is upward in character, meaning that m Continue Reading...
Background: Why Teach Sexual Education? With about half of all high school students admitting to have already had sex, and only 60% of those students claiming they used a condom, sexual education can be considered a public health imperative (National Continue Reading...
Government Role in Abstinence Education By the time they graduate from high school, unfortunately, 65% of our students have already engaged in intercourse," stated Lloyd J. Kolbe, director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the Cente Continue Reading...
The churches play a particularly important role in both the African-American and the Hispanic communities. They have both the charter and the means to assist teens and their families to provide a moral and ethical underpinning to their teachings ab Continue Reading...
The two researchers, Nichols and Good, continue, "Teen pregnancies are an acute national problem because when young girls have children, the risk of poor developmental outcomes, such as poverty or lost career and educational opportunities, increases Continue Reading...
470). The Age Group for Which Curriculum is Being Developed Other parents' organizations and experts urge parents and schools to talk to children at least by the age of 10 about sex, even though they squirm. Young children today have a great need Continue Reading...
ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm, through the National Guideline Clearinghouse at http://www.guideline.gov. Evidence-based findings concerning chlamydia screening and treatment of PID contained in the peer-reviewed and scholarly literature. The additio Continue Reading...
A person infected with HIV is able to transmit the virus to others at any time, as it is impossible to totally rid the body of the virus. There is currently no cure for HIV. Drugs used to treat HIV may be able to decrease the number of the virus by Continue Reading...
The depth of the problem can be seen in the results of a survey reported by Booth, Koester, Brewster, and Weibel (1991) which show that over fifty percent of the subjects injected drugs on a daily basis, while 70% shared needles with other addicts. Continue Reading...
Public schools' incorporation of sexual education and family planning courses have led to a decline in teen-age pregnancies. Sexual education curriculum Background of history of school incorporation Who takes the classes What is taught Perceived Continue Reading...
Augustine is a Christian father of the late Roman Empire -- the traditional date of the "fall" of the Roman Empire is about a half-century after Augustine's death -- while Thomas Aquinas is a thinker of the medieval period. It is worth noting this su Continue Reading...
Rebuttal Essay - Sex Education at the Elementary School LevelIn a recent podcast, Sex Ed Should Not be Taught in Schools, Candace Owens, a popular activist political commentator, argues that like Shakespeare, sexual education should not be taught at Continue Reading...
Crime Attenuant: How Lawyers Have Used P.M.S as a Criminal Defence for Women Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS), the unique, often troubling physical and psychological symptoms that can accompany onset of menstruation in many women each month, has been us Continue Reading...
Bible Genesis as a whole establishes fundamental Biblical theology, defining the role of God in the world and God's relationship with and responsibilities to humanity. The establishment of patriarchal rule is a central theme of Genesis, evident in p Continue Reading...
Teen Pregnancy Compared to only a few decades ago, American society has become more open and accepting of teenage pregnancy. Pregnant teens are no longer hidden away with relatives. More importantly, many school and community groups have adopted hon Continue Reading...
Gender and Sex after World War I We usually assume that great changes in American sexual behavior began just after World War I; however, Maurer (1976) argues that there was foreshadowing as far back as the 19th century. The woman's rights movement, Continue Reading...
Children Raised by Same-Sex Parents have more Problems than Children Raised by Different-Sex or Single Parents As more and more states legalize same-sex marriages, there is growing concerning among many proponents and critics alike about the effect Continue Reading...
Virginity Origin of the Topic The most common origin of virginity is derived from Christianity. Christianity teaches that sex before marriage is wrong. Sex should only occur between a man and a woman who are married. Sex outside of marriage is co Continue Reading...
Harm Reduction Abstinence Motivational interviewing Development of discrepancy Rolling with resistance Support self-efficacy Avoidance of argument In this paper we lay bear the differences that exist between harm reduction approach and the abs Continue Reading...
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Health Behavior The "Theories At A Glance" manual discussed a variety of healthy behaviors. Select two theories that can be used to explain why people behave the way they do. Discuss the basic premise and constructs of the theories you choose. Cite Continue Reading...
As Austin suggests, "We need to do a better job of teaching our children how to live, and we need to start right now. First of all, that means that we've got to make home ec education a priority on the college level," (p. 5). I could not disagree. Continue Reading...
Abortion trends varied widely by state as well. "Teenage abortion rates were highest in New York (41 per 1,000), New Jersey, Nevada, Delaware and Connecticut. By contrast, teenagers in South Dakota (6 per 1,000), Utah, Kentucky, Nebraska and North Continue Reading...
On the contrary, emerging adults continue to receive comprehensive sexuality education though they contribute to the problem because of ignorance of the information. The second major different aspect is that adolescents and emerging adults engage i Continue Reading...
Teen pregnancy has been a drain and a scourge on society for a number of generations. It is tapering off in many to most areas but the impacts to teenagers that become pregnant long before they should, and for a number of reasons, causes a lot of bur Continue Reading...
According to a 2002 survey conducted under the auspices of NIH, ecstasy abuse among college and university students in general is a widespread trend that impedes academic performance (Bar-on, 2002). The NIH survey targeted 66 4-year American univers Continue Reading...
Lonely and distressed adolescents are easy prey to alcohol abuse and drug use causing crime, as well. Substance abuse causes a number of problems for the users as well as the attached parties. It distorts the adolescent's decision making processes a Continue Reading...
Esperanza took the paperwork home and met with her mother, who obtained the appropriate records for her and went through the class schedule with her, as Esperanza translated the information. Esperanza chose a class schedule that was inclusive of her Continue Reading...
For that reason, the approach to sexual education of teenagers recommended instead of one-dimensional focus on discouraging sexuality altogether must include three main elements: (1) sexual development and reproduction; (2) contraception and birth c Continue Reading...
