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Adolescent Reproductive Health
By Jennifer Manlove, Ph.D., Elizabeth Terry-Humen, M.P.P., Angela Romano Papillo, M.A., Kerry Franzetta, Stephanie Williams, and Suzanne Ryan, Ph.D.
TABLE 1 TABLE 2 TABLE 3 TABLE 4 TABLE 5 TABLE 6 TABLE 7
INITIATION OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE FREQUENCY OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY NUMBER OF SEXUAL PARTNERS USE OF CONDOMS FOR PROTECTION USE OF CONTRACEPTION PREGNANCIES AND BIRTHS CONTRACTING STDs
Adolescent Reproductive Health

 Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies
Contracting STDs

 

- Only 1 sexuality education program has targeted STD outcomes and it did not have any impact (Project SNAPP).

- The ASSESS clinic-based program measured STD outcomes and found a positive impact.

 

- Focus on delaying age of sexual debut.

- Reduce other risky behaviors, such as substance abuse.

- Emphasize to teens the risks of having multiple partners.

- Encourage teens to date partners close to their own age.

- Make contraceptives accessible and easy to use (beneficial for males).

- Teach males that they are as responsible for contraception as their female partners.

 

 


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