No those were the first few. I have to go through the first 100 journal articles that use at least a quasi experimental design. The UPenn study was slightly better than the Heritage foundation blathering which was the first citation that supported Abstinence, but it argued from a policy standpoint not a data driven one. But the overall conclusion is that from just a very cursory glance, the vast majority found either no improvement, or students in Abstinence only programs having higher rates of AIDS and std's.
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 8 vs 48 and they still aren't sure. > Nice work Lar > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Time to start the flood: >> >> Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC >> September 2008, Vol. 5, No. 3, Pages 18â27 , DOI 10.1525/srsp.2008.5.3.18 >> Posted online on September 15, 2008. >> (doi:10.1525/srsp.2008.5.3.18) >> >> The Impact of Abstinence and Comprehensive Sex and STD/HIV Education >> Programs on Adolescent Sexual Behavior >> Douglas B. Kirbyâ >> >> In an effort to reduce unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted >> disease (STD) in adolescents, both abstinence and comprehensive sex >> and STD/HIV education programs have been proffered. Based on specified >> criteria, the author searched for and reviewed 56 studies that >> assessed the impact of such curricula (8 that evaluated 9 abstinence >> programs and 48 that evaluated comprehensive programs) on adolescents' >> sexual behavior. Study results indicated that most abstinence programs >> did not delay initiation of sex and only 3 of 9 had any significant >> positive effects on any sexual behavior. In contrast, about two thirds >> of comprehensive programs showed strong evidence that they positively >> affected young people's sexual behavior, including both delaying >> initiation of sex and increasing condom and contraceptive use among >> important groups of youth. Based on this review, abstinence programs >> have little evidence to warrant their widespread replication; >> conversely, strong evidence suggests that some comprehensive programs >> should be disseminated widely. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:312957 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
