Advanced search×

American youth offer hope for comprehensive sexuality education.

M Edwards

SIECUS Rep 28(6):2 (2000) PMID 12322609

Martha Kempner, SIECUS education coordinator, analyzed the status of sexuality education programs in schools throughout the US during 1999-2000. In her article she pointed out that only strict, abstinence-only-until-marriage education programs were being accepted in America's schools with very little community debate. Kempner further stated that these proliferating abstinence-only-until-marriage programs have been taking the forms of one-time assemblies and semester-long classroom-based programs. Moreover, it was noted that other community debates during the period include appropriate content for sexuality education, opt-in/opt-out policies, and the separation by gender for classroom instruction. However, this discouraging picture drawn by Kempner is given hope in the August/September 2000 issue of the SIECUS Report. The Report published articles focusing on developments achieved regarding the issue of sexuality education in the US. These include the articles on the success of the national newsletter and Web Site called "SEX, ETC" and the semester-long program on sexuality education.

Version: za2963e q8za1 q8zbd q8zc2 q8zd8 q8zec q8zfe q8zgb

Similar articles you may find interesting…

  1. Shallow water asymptotic models for the propagation of internal waves
    Vincent Duchene, Samer Israwi, and Raafat Talhouk

    arXiv:1306.1000 [math.AP] 5 Jun 2013

    We are interested in asymptotic models for the propagation of internal waves At the interface between two shallow layers of immiscible fluid, under the Rigid-lid assumption. We review and complete existing works in the literature, In order to offer a unified and comprehensive exposition. Anterior mo...
    View PDF
  2. Flt-1 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1) Is Essential for the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Notch Feedback Loop During Ang...
    John C Chappell, Kevin P Mouillesseaux, and Victoria L Bautch

    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2013) PMID 23744993

    Elevated Notch signaling downstream of perturbed VEGF signaling contributes to aberrant flt-1(-/-) blood vessel formation. Notch signaling may be dispensable for blood vessel formation when VEGF signaling is below a critical threshold....
  3. The breath of life - Womens' experiences of breathing adapted radiation therapy.
    A Holst-Hansson, K Sjövall, and I Bolmsjö

    Eur J Oncol Nurs 17(3):354-9 (2013) PMID 23149274

    To describe and analyze how women with breast cancer experience breathing adapted radiation therapy (BART) and to explore how women manage daily radiation therapy. Individual interviews were conducted with 20 women treated with BART for breast cancer concerning their perception of radiation therapy....