October, 2008

Formal Sex Education Linked to Greater Condom Use Among Teen Males

Child Trends, October 30, 2008

A new Child Trends study finds that any type of formal sex education is linked with higher levels of condom use at teen males' first sexual experience.  However, one in five teen males (ages 15-19) did not receive formal sex education about either abstinence or contraception before having sex for the first time. 

Teen Pregnancy, Glamorized by Celebrities, Costs Taxpayers Billions a Year

10/24/2008 (c) WOGX FOX 51 Alachua County

NEW YORK - Teen motherhood has gained a bit of celebrity allure with the pregnancies of Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin, but front-line professionals see a starkly different reality involving poverty, lost opportunities and a cost to taxpayers in the billions of dollars annually.

Opinions vary widely on sex-education review committee

October 16, 2008 Daytona Beach News Journal

By LINDA TRIMBLE


DAYTONA BEACH -- Answering the question about what Volusia public schools should include in their sex-education program isn't likely to be an easy task for a committee whose members found out Wednesday how widely their views differ on the issue.