Comprehensive Sex Education & GPRHE
Comprehensive sex education has as its goal to cover it all – be comprehensive.
In repeated studies comprehensive sex education has been shown to decrease risky behavior. An important difference between comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only education is that comprehensive sex education does not favor any one specific approach to the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections – just the one that works for each specific community!
An independent CDC Task Force has concluded that there is sufficient evidence that comprehensive risk reduction interventions are effective in reducing risky sexual behavior and limiting the spread of sexually transmitted infections, while there is insufficient evidence of the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs (November, 20009).
For more evaluations of the impact on young adults of comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only–until-marriage programs go to Research in our Resource Center.
GPRHE believes that comprehensive sex education is the best way to describe a sex education for all children taught in the way all school subjects should – by presenting the facts.
This is the comprehensive sex education GPRHE would like to see in our public schools
It must be medically and scientifically accurate, age-appropriate, and appropriate for students regardless of gender, race, disability status, or sexual orientation
It must include information on abstinence and other methods of preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases
It must help students develop skills for making responsible decisions about their sexuality
It should encourage parental involvement and family communication
Abstinence must not be taught to the exclusion of other materials and instruction on contraceptives and disease prevention
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