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Raising the Behavior Bar II

 

The most statistically significant risk protective factor against teen pregnancy is the perceived consequence of pregnancy....

The biggest surprise of this study is in the area of adolescent pledges of virginity.

The protective ability of a teen virginity pledge to remain abstinent is so statistically significant as to be in a league of its own.

In fact, the virginity pledge is three times greater a protective factor than the next greatest protective factor.

 

[JAMA (Journal of American Medical Assoc.), "Protecting Adolescents From Harm: Findings From the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health", September 1997; Add Health study, "Reducing the Risk:Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth", http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/faqs/addhealth/Reducing-the-risk.pdf ; http://www.mnddc.org/extra/risk/page1.htm ; http://casel.org/publications/reducing-the-risk-connections-that-make-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-youth/]

 
For Title V Funding (5/02) PDF Print E-mail

For Title V funding are: "Abstinence Education" - an educational or motivational program which –
"(A) has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
"(B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected standard for all school age children;
"(C) teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems;

"(D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity;
"(E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects;
"(F) teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents, and society;
"(G) teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances; and
"(H) teaches the importance of attaining self- sufficiency before engaging in sexual activity." [AbstinenceE-mail Update Special Edition 24May 02]

 
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