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Index of Articles From Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
2004
2003
2002
- Mothers Influence on Teenage Sexual Behavior: Connections That Promote Postponing Sexual Intercourse (November 22, 2002)
- Factors Associated With HIV Testing Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative High-Risk Adolescents: The REACH Study (October 25, 2002)
- Is the Lack of Sexual Assertiveness Among Adolescent and Young Adult Women a Cause for Concern? (October 11, 2002)
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Releases 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (August 16, 2002)
- Resource: Sex Smarts (August 16, 2002)
- Maternal Messages About Dating and Sexuality and Their Influence on Latino Adolescents (August 2, 2002)
- Study Examines Effects of Social Development Program on Risky Sexual Behavior (July 21, 2002)
- Resource: BAM! (July 19, 2002)
- Tapping Youth as Agents for Change: Evaluation of a Peer Leadership HIV/AIDS Intervention (July 19, 2002)
- Sex, Pregnancy, and Contraception-Related Motivators and Barriers Among Latino and African-American Adolescents (July 5, 2002)
- Resource: Life Begins (June 21, 2002)
- Fight for Your Rights: Protect Yourself (June 2002)
- In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of American Men (May 24, 2002)
- Effects of a Brief, Theory-Based STD-Prevention Program for Female College Students (May 10, 2002)
- Social Stigma and Negative Consequences: Factors That Influence College Students Decisions to Seek Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections (April 26, 2002)
- Telephone vs. Face-to-Face Notification of HIV Results in High-Risk Youth (April 12, 2002)
- Early Sexual Initiation and Subsequent Sex-Related Risks Among Urban Minority Youth: The Reach for Health Study (March 1, 2002)
- Resources for Youth HIV Prevention (February 15, 2002)
- AIDS-Related Risk Among Adolescent Males Who Have Sex With Males, Females, or Both: Evidence From a Statewide Survey (February 15, 2002)
- Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Refusing Unwanted Sex Among African-American Adolescent Females (February 1, 2002)
- Two Conferences (February 1, 2002)
31st Annual Reproductive Health Conference, scheduled for March 25 - 27, 2002 and "Teaching about Sexuality and HIV," scheduled for July 9 - 12, 2002
- Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Role of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use (January 18, 2002)
- Differences in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among College Students (January 4, 2002)
2001
- CDC Releases Report on HIV Prevention Among MSM (December 14, 2001)
- Opportunities: National HIV/AIDS Update Conference -- Prevention, Treatment, and Care: Forging an Integrated Response (November 30, 2001)
- Changes in College Students' Knowledge About AIDS (November 30, 2001)
- Evaluation of Social Marketing Campaign to Promote HIV Testing Among Youth (October 19, 2001)
- Hatred in the Hallways (October 19, 2001)
- School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000 - Part II (October 5, 2001)
- CDC Releases Results of 2000 School Health Policies and Programs Study (September 21, 2001)
- New Study Examines Adolescents' Partners and Condom Use (August 31, 2001)
- New Study Examines Adolescents Use of the Internet for Health Information (August 31, 2001)
- Health Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Teens (August 17, 2001)
- Common Misconceptions About Condom Use (June 29, 2001)
- Teen Girls Disclose Their Reasons for Having or Not Having Sexual Intercourse (June 1, 2001)
- African-American and Latina Mothers and Daughters Speak about Sexuality (May 18, 2001)
- Parent-Child Homework Assignments Designed to Increase Communication about Sexuality (May 18, 2001)
- Physician Attitudes, Beliefs, and Chlamydia Screening Practices (May 4, 2001)
- Researchers Look at Three Bacterial STDs Among Youth (May 4, 2001)
- Teen Women Choose Female-Controlled Methods for STD Prevention (March 23, 2001)
- Helping Parents and Caregivers Talk about HIV/AIDS and Sexuality Issues (March 23, 2001)
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey for Middle School Adolescents (March 13, 2001)
- Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS Education (February 23, 2001)
- The National Leadership Resource Database: A New Internet Resource to Support Campus Efforts to Address HIV and Other Health Issues (February 23, 2001)
- The CDC Released New Report on HIV-Prevention Efforts in the United States (January 26, 2001)
- Non-Coital Behaviors That Put Teens at Risk for HIV and Other STDs (January 12, 2001)
- A New CDC Fact Sheet on Oral Sex (January 12, 2001)
2000
- Teen Risk Behavior and the Factors Associated with Increased and Decreased Risk (December 29, 2000)
- Teens Talk About Safer Sex, Condoms, and "the Pill" (December 15, 2000)
- Teens Voice Their Concerns About HIV/AIDS (December 1, 2000)
- December 1st Is "World AIDS Day" (December 1, 2000)
- Parents Communicate with Their Teens about Sexuality Issues (November 10, 2000)
- White House Study Examines HIV/AIDS Among Youth (October 27, 2000)
- Teens Talk About Sexuality, Relationships, Decision Making, and STDs (October 27, 2000)
- New Study Examines Sexuality Education in America (October 13, 2000)
- Changes in Sexuality Education from 1988-1999 (October 13, 2000)
- Survey Examines Parent and Teen Views on Sexuality, Alcohol, and Drug Use (September 29, 2000)
- Using Research and Community Collaboration to Develop a Family-Based HIV-Prevention Program (September 15, 2000)
- CDC Publishes School Health Education Profiles (September 1, 2000)
- New Study Questions Effectiveness of Nonoxynol-9 in HIV Prevention (August 18, 2000)
- Gonorrhea Rates Have Increased For The First Time in 13 Years (August 4, 2000)
- AIDS Trends and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (August 4, 2000)
- HIV Trends in the United States Highlight Need for Expanded Prevention (July 21, 2000)
- Benefits and Barriers of Early Detection of HIV Infection Among Adolescents (July 7, 2000)
- Analysis of Risk Behavior Change Following HIV Diagnosis (July 7, 2000)
- 1999 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results Released (June 23, 2000)
- Positive Health Outcomes and Declines in Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Teens (June 23, 2000)
- Adult Mentor Relationships May Help Reduce High-Risk Behaviors Among Teens (June 9, 2000)
- The Impact of Parent-Teen Communication on Adolescent Sexual Behavior (May 26, 2000)
- New Report Examines Teens' Attitudes Toward Sexual Behavior During High School Years (May 12, 2000)
- Fact Sheet: Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (April 28, 2000)
- Perceived Positive Consequences of Teen Childbearing May Affect Sexual Risk Behaviors (April 14, 2000)
- An HIV/AIDS Peer-Prevention Education Program in the Rural South (March 31, 2000)
- Study Looks at How Young Males Get Information About AIDS and STDs After High School (March 17, 2000)
- New Study Examines Reasons Why Teens Use School-Based Clinics for Reproductive Health Services (March 3, 2000)
- Survey Examines Asian-American Men's Attitudes Toward Reproductive Health (February 18, 2000)
- HIV/STD Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Behaviors Among Hmong-American Adolescents (February 4, 2000)
- Youth and Adults Continue to Engage in Risky Behaviors After HIV Diagnosis (January 21, 2000)
- Resources for Gay Youth (January 7, 2000)
- Motivations for Condom Use Examined (January 7, 2000)
- Study Examines the Relationship Between Substance Abuse and Sexual Activity (January 7, 2000)
1999
- New Study Examines Local School District's Sexuality and Abstinence Education Policies
(December 20, 1999)
- Risk Behaviors Among Students Attending Alternative High School
(December 3, 1999)
- CDC Analyzes Trends in HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior in High School Students
(October 29, 1999)
- Implementation of Guidelines for Effective School-Based HIV Prevention Education
(October 29, 1999)
- Report Examines Girls' Struggles with Sexuality, Peer Pressure, and Body Image
(October 15, 1999)
- Study Examines Alcohol Use, Safer-Sex Communication, and Condom Use Among College Students
(October 1, 1999)
- Sexual Behaviors Among College Students by Housing
(October 1, 1999)
- Two Interventions for Incarcerated Adolescent Males
(September 17, 1999)
- Incarcerated Adolescents' Knowledge of HIV 1988 and 1996
(September 17, 1999)
- Programs That Work for Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents
(April 30, 1999)
Fact Sheets, Press Releases and Reports
- Talk About Sex (PDF) (2005)
- U.S. NGOs Reach Out to Countries Eligible for U.S. HIV/AIDS Funding to Encourage Best HIV-Prevention Policies and Practices (July 14, 2004)
- Sexuality and Youth in Communities of Color Fact Sheet (Winter 2003/2004)
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- The Truth About Adolescent Sexuality (Fall 2003)
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- The Truth About STDs (March 2003)
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- Sexuality Education Policy Update (February 2003)
- Fact Sheet: The Truth About Condoms (November 2002)
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- National Poll Shows Parents Overwhelmingly Support Comprehensive Sex Education Over Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage by 5 to 1 Margin (October 1, 2002)
- Nationwide Advocacy Campaign Launched to Fight Increased Federal Funding for Unproven Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs (August 26, 2002)
- Knowledge Empowers -- Knowledge Saves Lives (July 3, 2002)
Comprehensive sexuality education and HIV/AIDS
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- Fact Sheet: Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States (October/November 2001)
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- Issues and Answers: Fact Sheet on Sexuality Education (August/September 2001)
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- Fact Sheet: Sexuality and Underserved Youth in Communities of Color (June/July 2001)
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- Make Women Central in World Strategy to Fight HIV/AIDS (June/July 2001)
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- Fact Sheet: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Issues (April/May 2001)
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- Annotated Bibliography: Sexuality and Disability (February/March 2001)
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- Fact Sheet: The National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education (NCSSE) (February 2001)
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- Annotated Bibliography: Sexuality Education in the Home (December 2000/January 2001)
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- Annotated Bibliography: Child Sexual Abuse (October/November 2000)
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- Fact Sheet: Public Support for Sexuality Education (June/July 2000)
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- Annotated Bibliography: Religion, Spirituality and Sexuality (April/May 2000)
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- Sexuality Education Resources for Professionals (December 1999/January 2000)
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- Annotated Bibliography: HIV/AIDS Prevention Resources (June/July 1999)
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- Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS and People of Color (June/July 1999)
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- Annotated Bibliography: 35 Books That Have Influenced Our Understanding of Sexuality (April/May 1999)
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- Fact Sheet: Worldwide Antidiscrimination Laws and Policies Based on Sexual Orientation (December 1998/January 1999)
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- Fact Sheet: Teen Pregnancy (June/July 1998)
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- Right From the Start: Guidelines for Sexuality Issues -- Birth to Five Years (PDF) (1998)
- Fact Sheet: Adolescence and Abstinence (October/November 1997)
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- Annotated Bibliography: Culturally Competent Sexuality Education Resources (December 1996/January 1997)
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- Fact Sheet: Strategies to Build Support for HIV-Prevention and Sexuality Education Programs (December 1996/January 1997)
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- Fact Sheet: Media Recommendations for More Realistic, Accurate Images Concerning Sexuality (April/May 1996)
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- How to Talk to Your Children About AIDS (1994)
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