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An approach to the problem of teenage pregnancy.
  • Published Date:
    1987 Jul-Aug
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 102(4):377-385
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-1.83 MB]


Details:
  • Alternative Title:
    Public Health Rep
  • Personal Author:
    Macdonald, D I
  • Description:
    Sex education continues to gain prominence as a critical factor in current challenges to the nation's public health. Adolescent pregnancy, with its frequently adverse consequences for the health and well-being of both mother and child, has reached unprecedented levels in the United States, and AIDS now threatens society in its entirety. Despite awareness that effective sex education is essential to combatting these problems, current debates, focused on the content and timing of sex education provided in the schools, are shortsighted. As currently practiced in this country, sex education curriculums convey the wrong message and are targeted to the wrong audience. In emphasizing the provision of data to youth, we ignore the fact that parental guidance and direction are more often helpful than data and options. Yet we fail to provide parents and others who comprise the traditional systems of child care and nurturance with the information they require to assume responsibility for the safe and healthy development of children and youth. Understanding the reasons for the failure of conventional sex education provides a foundation for developing a more effective approach to preventing adolescent pregnancy. Defining an effective message and targeting information to the appropriate audience are necessary to effect a significant reduction in premature sexual behavior among adolescents.

  • Subject:
  • Pubmed ID:
    3112847
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Collection(s):
    Public Health Reports
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      Personal Author:
      Alderman, B W; Baron, A E; Savitz, D A;
      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
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      Description:
      This case-control study investigated the potential association between ambient levels of carbon monoxide in a pregnant woman's neighborhood of residence and her chance of delivering a low birth weight infant. Low birth weight infants and normal birth...
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.18 MB]
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(4)
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
      Berman, S M; Shapiro, E; Hogue, C J; Halpin, G J;
      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
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      Description:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1987 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 102(4):386-391
      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      File Type:
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