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Do abstinence programs work? / Christine Watkins, book editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- At issue. Teen issues.
- At issue. teen issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States.
- Teenagers.
- Sexual abstinence--United States.
- Sexual abstinence.
- Sex instruction for teenagers--United States.
- Sex instruction for teenagers.
- Unwanted pregnancy--United States.
- Unwanted pregnancy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (131 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Abstinence Education Programs are Effective
- 2. Abstinence Education Programs are not Effective
- 3. Abstinence is the Best Policy in Preventing Teen Pregnancy
- 4. Abstinence-Only Programs are Ineffective in Preventing Teen Pregnancy
- 5. Abstinence Sex Education Programs should Receive Federal Funding
- 6. Comprehensive Sex Education Programs should Receive Federal Funding
- 7. Most US Parents Favor Abstinence Sex Education Programs
- 8. Abstinence Education Programs Incorporate Shame and Guilt
- 9. Abstinence Education Programs do not Incorporate Shame and Guilt
- 10. Sex Education should be Taught at Home as Well as in Schools
- 11. Abstinence Programs Isolate LGBTQ Youth
- 12. Sex Education Policy Needs to be Revised
- 13. Parents should be More Open and Honest about Teenage Sexuality
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780737776300
- 0737776307
- OCLC:
- 930684155
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