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School Sexuality Education and Adolescent Risk‐Taking Behavior
Author(s) -
Jacobs Cecilia Dine,
Wolf Eve M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1995.tb03355.x
Subject(s) - human sexuality , sexuality education , sex education , psychology , sexual behavior , developmental psychology , reproductive health , medicine , sociology , gender studies , population , environmental health
School sexuality education programs have been studied as a means to prevent sexual behavior that puts adolescents at risk for incurring an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease. This review examines and critiques research that measures effects of school sexuality education programs on the sexual risk‐taking behavior of adolescents. First, methodological problems common in the literature are discussed. Second, studies measuring effects of school sexuality education programs are examined. Finally, suggestions for future research are made.