Open AccessFunding for Abstinence-Only Education and Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: Does State Ideology Affect Outcomes?
Author(s) -
Ashley Fox,
Georgia Himmelstein,
Hina Khalid,
Elizabeth A. Howell
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2018.304896
Subject(s) - abstinence , sexual abstinence , pregnancy , medicine , human sexuality , adolescent health , population , demography , psychology , environmental health , family planning , political science , psychiatry , sociology , nursing , biology , law , research methodology , genetics
To examine the relationship between adolescent pregnancy-prevention and sexuality and abstinence-only education funding and adolescent birthrates over time. Also, to determine whether state ideology plays a moderating role on adolescent reproductive health, that is, whether the funding has its intended effect at reducing the number of adolescent births in conservative but not in liberal states.