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Originally Posted by dippin
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publi...abstinence.pdf
"The main objective of Title V, Section 510 abstinence education programs is to teach
abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage. The impact results from the four
selected programs show no impacts on rates of sexual abstinence. About half of all study
youth had remained abstinent at the time of the final follow-up survey, and program and
control group youth had similar rates of sexual abstinence. Moreover, the average age at
first sexual intercourse and the number of sexual partners were almost identical for program
and control youth."
Abstinence-only programs for HIV infection prevention in high-income countries
"Overall, the trials did not indicate that abstinence-only programs can reduce HIV risk as indicated by behavioral outcomes (e.g., unprotected vaginal sex) or biological outcomes (e.g., sexually transmitted infection). Instead, the programs consistently had no effect on participants' incidence of unprotected vaginal sex, frequency of vaginal sex, number of sex partners, sexual initiation, or condom use."
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I read the Executive Summary of this report. I think a better conclusion from the report is that the program had no real impact one way or the other.
Also the programs and studies were limited to middle and upper middle school children. Here is a quote from the Executive Summary:
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►Targeting youth solely at young ages may not be sufficient.
As with the four programs in this study, most Title V, Section 510 abstinence education
programs were implemented in upper elementary and middle schools. In addition, most
Title V, Section 510 programs are completed before youth enter high school, when rates of sexual activity increase and many teens are either contemplating or having sex. Findings from this study provide no evidence that abstinence programs implemented in upper elementary and middle schools are effective in reducing the rate of teen sexual activity. However, the findings provide no information on the effects programs might have if they were implemented for high school youth or began at earlier ages but continued to serve youth through high school.
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I am looking forward to reading more.