Programs with Mixed Reviews for Delaying the Initiation of
Sexual Intercourse: Sexuality Education

One sexuality education program took place in several school classrooms in Michigan (Blake et al., 2000). Adolescents aged 14-16 in the experimental program were taught in interactive and skill-based lessons about abstinence and also about condoms while the control group received the regular sexuality education curriculum (Kirby, 2001). Short-term follow-up results showed no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in participants who were sexually experienced or sexually active (sex in the past 3 months) (Kirby, 2001).


 
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