What is known about adolescent sexual behavior is reviewed. First, the onset of sexual
behavior in the teenage years is considered as a function of cohort, gender, and ethnic …

To provide comprehensive family planning services to adolescents requires going beyond
the provision of birth control methods. To determine other needs, all women 18 years old …

Ninety-five college students and both of their parents completed questionnaires that
measured sexual attitudes, sexual behavior, general family communication, and parent-child …

Context: Despite widespread efforts to increase contraceptive use to prevent both pregnancy
and sexually transmitted diseases among sexually active adolescents, most prior work …

Despite the decline in the total birth rate in the United States, there has been an increase in
adolescent pregnancies, most of which are unplanned. This report discusses the medical …

In response to the growing concern over the consequences of adolescent pregnancy,
several models of programmatic intervention have moved beyond remedial levels of service …

Drawing on DeLamater's conceptual model of premarital contraceptive activity, this study
assessed the relationships between various social, developmental, and behavioral …

Digests without using a contraceptive method. Between 1988 and 1990, the Adolescent
Health Program at the University of Minnesota, in conjunction with the Indian Health Service …

The rate of sexual activity among adolescents has been rising steadily in the last 10 years,
and adolescents are initiating sexual activity at younger ages. It has been widely assumed …

A sample survey of 179 black females provided data for examining familial patterns in the
amount of information received about the menstrual cycle, sex, and contraception among …