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 27(2):255-76, 2008.

Abstinence and abstinence-only education: A review of U.S. policies and programs. Santelli JS, Ott MA, Lyon M, Rogers J, Summers D, Schleifer R. Journal of Adolescent Health 38:72–81, 2006.

Changes in Formal Sex Education: 1995–2002. Duberstein Lindberg L, Santelli JS, Singh S. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 38(4):182–189, 2006.

The effectiveness of school-based sex education programs in the promotion of abstinence behavior: a meta-analysis. Silva M. Health Ed Research 17(4):471-81, 2002

In addition:

The role of policy advocacy in assuring comprehensive family life education in California. Brindis CD, Geierstanger SP, Faxio A. Health Educ Behav. April 14, 2009.

Consequences of inadequate sex education in the United States. Phipps MG. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 111(2 Pt 1):254, 2008

What schools teach our patients about sex: content, quality, and influences on sex education. Lindau ST, Tetteh AS, Kasza K, Gilliam M. Obstet Gynecol 111(2 Pt 1):256-66, 2008.

Medical accuracy in sexuality education: ideology and the scientific process. Santelli JS. Am J Public Health 98(10):1786-92, 2008.

The association between sex education and youth’s engagement in sexual intercourse, age at first intercourse, and birth control use at first sex. Mueller TE, Gavin LE, Kulkarni A. J Adolesc Health 42(1):89-96, 2008.

Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education and the initiation of sexual activity and teen pregnancy. Kohler PK, Manhart LE, Lafferty WE. J Adolesc Health 42(4):344-51, 2008.

An abstinence program’s impact on cognitive mediators and sexual initiation. Weed SE, Ericksen IH, Lewis A, Grant GE, Wibberly KH. Am J Health Behav 32(1):60-73, 2008.

Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education and the initiation of sexual activity and teen pregnancy. Kohler PK, Manhart LE, Lafferty WE. J Adolesc Health 42(4):344-51, 2008.

Abstinence and abstinence-only education. Ott MA, Santelli JS. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 19(5):446-52, 2007.

Approaches to adolescent sexuality education. Ott MA, Santelli JS. Adolesc Med State Art Rev18(3):558-70, viii, 2007.

Sex and HIV education programs: their impact on sexual behaviors of young people throughout the world. Kirby DB, Laris BA, Rolleri LA. J Adolesc Health 40(3):206-17, 2007.

The need for sexual health information: perceptions and desires of young adults. von Sadovszky V, Kovar CK, Brown C, Armbruster M. Am J Matern Child Nurs 31(6):373-80; quiz 380-1, 2006.

Reproductive health education and sexual risk among high-risk female adolescents and young adults. Ancheta R, Hynes C, Shrier LA. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 18(2):105-11, 2005.

AIDS education, condom demand, and the sexual activity of American youth. Tremblay CH, Ling DC. Health Econ 14(8):851-67, 2005.