Shall I go on? These were the first few of about 6,160 results, the overwhelming majority show that abstinence-only education at best have no effect, and at worse show a very deleterious effect on the STD and HIV rates of teens. I can keep flooding this discussion with the results of recent studies (since 2000) that show the same results.
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/srsp.2008.5.3.56 > > Abstract > Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC > September 2008, Vol. 5, No. 3, Pages 56â70 , DOI 10.1525/srsp.2008.5.3.56 > Posted online on September 15, 2008. > (doi:10.1525/srsp.2008.5.3.56) > > The Accuracy of Condom Information in Three Selected Abstinence-Only > Education Curricula > > Alison Jeanne Lin and John S. Santelliâ > > > > Based on a review of 3 purposively selected curricula used in > federally funded programs, the authors identified the types of > scientific errors about condoms present in abstinence-only education. > These curricula explicitly and implicitly convey the message that > condoms fail to provide protection against HIV and commonly use > out-of-date references. In addition, the curricula often misrepresent > cited research, such as by reporting only the highest condom failure > rates from study findings. The curricula do not explain differences > between typical-use and perfect-use contraceptive failure associated > with condom use and often incorrectly compare HIV transmission risk > with pregnancy risk. Finally, these curricula use faulty reasoning to > explain risk and promote misinformation about condoms (such as condom > permeability) that has been repudiated by scientific consensus. The > information these curricula present about condoms does not represent > complete, current, or accurate medical knowledge about the > effectiveness of condoms in preventing sexually transmitted > infections, including HIV. > -- Larry C. Lyons web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons -- The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - B. F. Skinner - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312951 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
