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- 07-09 Sexual Health Services for young people is a new area of theSex Education Forum website and explains the benefits of developing onsite sexual health services in schools and further education settings.
- 07-09 Teenage pregnancies are on the increase in Norfolk despite a 10-year drive to persuade young people to use contraception or resist having sex too soon.
- 07-08 Young People to be included in Kent sex education review: Kent County Council is to set up an all-party committee which will include young people to deliver a fundamental review of the way sex education is delivered in schools across the county.
- 07-08 Young fathers key to revised teenage pregnancy strategy: Young fathers are to be targeted by the Government's new teenage parenting strategy and teenage mums are to be encouraged to stay at home with their parents wherever possible.
- 07-07 A quarter of Beijing students object to having HIV positive classmate
- 07-07 More areas in the North West to get extra GPs and sexual health services
- 07-07 Young people will soon be able to have interactive text conversations about concerns such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
- 07-07 Improving Access to Sexual Health Services for Young People in Further Education Settings
- 07-06 US study finds most teenagers' mental health is unaffected by nonmarital sex
- 07-06 YWCA England & Wales recently presented research by young women about sex and relationships.
- 07-06 In urban China, more young single women are becoming pregnant and resorting to induced abortion, despite the wide availability of temporary methods of contraception.
- 07-06 Teenage pregnancy rates fall - statistics show the lowest under-16 and under-18 conception rates for the first quarter of a year since 1993
- 07-05 Core Competencies in Sexual Health for Youth Workers
- 07-05 A US study found that those who use condoms the first time they have sexual intercourse are more likely to continue using condoms into young adulthood.
- 07-03 Socio-sexual lifestyles of youth in urban Central Java, Indonesia
- 07-03 Increasing numbers of young people in the Czech Republic are not protecting themselves against HIV transmission,
- 07-02 A new UK website contains key policy information and documents relating to both sexual health and teenage pregnancy, along with details of the latest national campaigns.
- 07-02 Rates of condom use
- 07-01 'Sexuality education in Europe
- 06-12 A new UK study summarises key qualitative findings that help in understanding young people's sexual behaviour and why they might have unsafe sex.
- 06-12 According to a new 2006 report on the Aids epidemic - South Africa's 15-year olds have a 56 percent chance of dying before turning 60. In 1996 the same age group had a 29 percent chance of dying before turning 60.
- 06-11 USA - An evaluation of an abstinence-only sex education curriculum: An 18-month follow-up
- 06-11 UK teenage pregnancy information resource
- 06-11 USA - Five years of abstinence-only-until-marriage education: Assessing the impact
- 06-10 UK Minister calls for success on teenage pregnancy to be replicated nationwide e.g. the under 18-conception rate in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has fallen by 42.2% between 1998 and 2004.
- 06-10 Many US college students may be left ill-informed about safer sex and more at risk for sexually transmitted infections according to a new survey from Trojan® brand condoms
- 06-10 Planned' teenage pregnancy: Views and experiences of young people. Education and Health 2006. 24:3, 35-38.
- 06-10 California's unprecedented investment in teenage pregnancy prevention has contributed to its achievement over the last decade of the largest decline in teenage birth rates of all America's fifty states.
- 06-09 A survey of 1,373 16-18 year olds across England found that many teenagers put condoms on after starting sex or take them off before it's over -- thus risking sexually transmitted diseases.
- 06-08 Urgent need for sex education in Vietnam
- 06-08 Impact of a US adolescent sex education program that was implemented by an academic medical center
- 06-08 Article
- 06-07 Kenya's teen parents, victims of taboos that inhibit sex education
- 06-05 Oral sex and condom use among young people in the United Kingdom
- 06-04 Abstinence-only education policies and programs: A position paper of the US Society for Adolescent Medicine
- 06-03 Teenagers who engage in intimate kissing with multiple partners can quadruple their risk of contracting meningitis
- 06-03 Original article
- 06-01 A survey of pregnancies of 13 to 19 year olds in Trent between 1994 and 1997 found that general practices with female doctors, young doctors or more nurse time had lower teenage pregnancy rates.
- 04-01 Teenage pregnancy: an overview of the research evidence [HDA] (pdf)
- 23-07 College Students Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Related to Sexually Transmitted Infections and Educational Strategies: A Scoping Review
- 23-05 The Current Status of Sex Education in U.S. Colleges and Universities: A School Website Content Review
- 22-07 The current system of sexuality education in Polish secondary schools: University students perspectives
- 22-04 Psychological Impact of Unwanted Pregnancy on Adolescents: A Literature Review
- 22-03 Intention to Practice Exclusive Breastfeeding and its Associated Factors among Female College Students