Open AccessThe Potential of Comprehensive Sex Education in China: Findings from Suburban Shanghai
Author(s) -
Bo Wang,
Sara Hertog,
Ann Meier,
Chaohua Lou,
Ersheng Gao
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international family planning perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-4154
pISSN - 0190-3187
DOI - 10.1363/3106305
Subject(s) - condom , demography , medicine , odds , psychological intervention , family planning , intervention (counseling) , sexual abstinence , abstinence , population , odds ratio , logistic regression , pregnancy , reproductive health , family medicine , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry , research methodology , syphilis , pathology , sociology , biology , genetics
More and more Chinese adolescents are engaging in premarital sexual activity. As a result, the numbers of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Chinese young adults have increased markedly.