Research
Latest addition : September 17, 2009
Much research is done on adolescent sexual health and sex education
In the last five years alone, thousands of peer-reviewed articles have been published on this subjects. While most of these articles are not available without journal/article subscription, there are some that are, and we have collected many of them here. We are also providing references to other articles we believe could be of interest to you.
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Explaining recent declines in adolescent pregnancy in the United States: the contribution of abstinence and improved contraceptive use. Santelli JS, Duberstein Lindberg L, Finer LB, Singh S. Am J Public Health 97:150–156, 2007.
Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends. Sedgh G, Henshaw SK, Singh S, Bankole A, Drescher J. International Family Planning Perspectives, 33(3):106–116, 2007.
U.S. teenage pregnancy statistics national and state trends and trends by race and ethnicity. (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Clinical Report - The evaluation of sexual behaviors in children. Kellogg ND & THE COMMITTEE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Pediatrics Aug 31, 2009
What’s love got to do with it? Sexual behaviors of opposite –sex couples through emerging adulthood. Kaestle CE, Tucker Halpern C. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 39(3):134-40, 2007
Trends in premarital sex in the United States, 1954-2003. Finer LB. Public Health Rep 122(1):73-8, 2007.
Greater Expectations: adolescents’ positive (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Contraceptive Use and Pregnancy Risk Among U.S. High School Students, 1991–2003. Santelli JS, Morrow B, Anderson JE, Duberstein Lindberg L. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 38(2):106–111, 2006
Effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted infections. Holmes KK, Levine R, Weaver M. Bulletin of the World Health Organizations, 82:454-461, 2004
Parents’ beliefs about condoms and oral contraceptives: are they medically accurate? Eisenberg ME, Bearinger LH, Sieving (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2007. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, December 2008.
Sexually transmitted diseases among American youth: incidence and prevalence estimates, 2000. Weinstock H, Berman S, Cates W Jr. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(1):6–10, 2004.
The Estimated Direct Medical Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth, 2000. Chesson HW, Blandford JM, Gift TL, Tao G, Irwin KL. Perspectives on (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Dating Violence and the Sexual Health of Black Adolescent Females. Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ, Hubbard McCree DH, Harrington K, Davies SL. Pediatrics 107(5), 2001.
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When will adolescents tell someone about dating violence victimization? Black BM, Tolman RM, Callahan M, Saunders DG, Weisz AN. Violence Against Women 14(7):741-58, 2008.
Efficacy of an HIV prevention program among female adolescents experiencing gender-based violence. Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ, Harrington KF, (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Sexual insistence and disliked sexual activities in young adulthood: differences by gender and relationship characteristics. Elizabeth Kaestle C. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 41(1):33-9, 2009.
What do sexually active adolescent females say about relationship issues? Bralock A, Koniak-Griffin D. J Pediatr Nurs 24(2):131-40, 2009.
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Beyond the "big talk": the roles of breadth and repetition in parent-adolescent communication about sexual topics. Steven C. Martino, Marc N. Elliott, Rosalie Corona, David E. Kanouse and Mark A. Schuster. Pediatrics 121;e612-e618, 2008
Evaluation of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, a new worksite based parenting programme to promote parent-adolescent communication about sexual health: randomised controlled trial. Schuster MA, Corona R, Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Eastman KL, Zhou AJ, Klein DJ. (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Sexy Media Matter: Exposure to Sexual Content in Music, Movies, Television, and Magazines Predicts Black and White Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior. Brown JD, L’Engle KL, Pardun CJ, Guo G, Kenneavy K, Jackson C. Pediatrics 117;1018-1027, 2006
Impact of the Media on Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors. Escobar-Chaves SL, Tortolero SR, Markham CM, Low BJ, Eitel P, Thickstun P. Pediatrics 116:303-326, 2005.
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Estimating the longitudinal association between adolescent sexual (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing on Abstinence-Only Programs, April 23, 2008, Testimony of Dr. John Santelli, Professor and Chairman, Department of Population and Family Health Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Impacts of abstinence education on teen sexual activity, risk of pregnancy, and risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Trenholm C, Devaney B, Fortson K, Clark M, Bridgespan LQ, Wheeler J. Mathematica Policy Research, USA. J Policy Anal Manage (...)
September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias
Emerging Answers -Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Doug Kirby, ETR . The National Campaign to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy, 2007.
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Effects of a peer-led media literacy curriculum on adolescents’ knowledge and attitudes toward sexual behavior and media portrayals of sex. Pinkleton BE, Austin EW, Cohen M, Chen YC, Fitzgerald E. Health Commun 23(5):462-72, 2008.
Preliminary evidence of an adolescent HIV/AIDS peer (...)
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