Despite long-standing public support for sex education in the schools, it has been difficult to
show concrete effects of sex education on sexual and contraceptive behavior. Data from the …

A program to provide teenage family planning clinic patients with special services designed
to improve their ability to practice contraception effectively and avoid conception produced …

Retrospective reports of contraceptive use on two occasions of intercourse (separated by 2
years on average) were used to examine change in contraceptive practice as a function of …

We have previously described the sexual experience of unmarried US teenagers based on
interviews obtained in 1971 from a national sample of 4,611 young women 15-19 years of …

This study examines the influence of parents, peers, and partners on teenage women's
contraceptive-seeking behavior and identifies sources of variation in the amount and …

Reviews literature on premarital contraceptive behavior, discusses common explanations for
this behavior, and provides assistance in program planning for school health educators …

Fify mothers and daughters completed questionnaires on general and sexual
communication, and daughters provided information on their sexual practices. The …

A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING ADOLESCENT CONTRACEPTIVE USE
Kathryn A. Urberg, Ph. D. ABSTRACT This paper presents a theoretical framework for …

Since 1967 Planned Parenthood in San Francisco and Oakland has operated Teen Clinics
which provide sex education, contraception, pregnancy and VD testing on a drop-in basis for …

The contraceptive behavior of adolescent girls was viewed from a decision-making
perspective. A semistructured interview protocol was used in interviewing 120 girls aged 12 …