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Teaching the Young People Most at Risk How to Protect Themselves From HIV (May 18, 2008)
From National Public Radio
Canada: Bracing for Teens' Big Night at the Prom (June 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Teen Sex Counselor Warns About STD, Pregnancy (May 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: Hard Lessons: Schools Open Up on HIV/AIDS (April 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Over Fears of Litigation, Virginia County Cancels Student Sex Survey (April 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida Schools Battle Casual Sex, HIV Complacency (March 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Georgia School Board Approves AIDS Program (November 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Many Teens Still Can't Tell HIV Fact From Fiction (August 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Utah: Educators Urged to Teach the Facts About HIV, AIDS (July 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Raising Self-Esteem (May 14, 2002)
A program aimed at raising the self-esteem of inner-city children and keeping them off drugs and alcohol also kept them from having unprotected sex and getting pregnant, researchers said.
From International Planned Parenthood Federation
Georgia 9th-Graders Get Lesson on AIDS (April 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Georgia Internet Filter Bill Concerns AIDS Educators (March 13, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Universal Precautions: Infection Control
Guidelines for infection control in schools.
From National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center

Abstinence Programs

Abstinence-Only Programs Are Ineffective, Inaccurate and Sexist, Editorial Argues (Summer 2008)
In Thrive, from ACRIA and GMHC
Action Alert: Demand Congress Use Wasteful Abstinence-Only Dollars for Cost-Saving Medicare Fix! (June 13, 2008)
Senate wants to fund abstinence-only at the expense of poor people with AIDS; time to call your senator and demand a swap!
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Groups Angry as Deval Axes Abstinence Cash (July 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Congress Extends Abstinence Funding for Three Months (July 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bush & Friends: "The Abstinence Gluttons" (May 31, 2007)
In this in-depth editorial, Michael Reynolds accuses the U.S. federal government of bolstering faith-based organizations and their unproven abstinence-only programs, while lining the pockets of the organizations' leaders with U.S. taxpayer money.
In The Nation
Few Americans Favor Abstinence-Only Sex Education (November 8, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Abstinence Programs Must be Medically Accurate on Condoms (October 26, 2006)
In Bay Area Reporter
Who's in Charge of Abstinence, Anyway? (March/April 2005)
The U.S. government's support for abstinence-only education has been on a growth spurt since 1982, says AIDS advocate David Salyer.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Utah: Knowledge Is Power: Sexual-Abstinence Programs Reaching More Utah Teens (June 8, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Hampshire: Benefits of Abstinence Stressed (April 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Montana: Media Campaign Encourages Abstinence (April 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: Non-Profit Organization Advocates Abstinence to High School Teens (September 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstinence Ad on Nevada Radio Sparks Criticism (August 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Most North Carolina Schools Focus on Abstinence in Sex Education Courses (August 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina County Board of Health to Recommend School Board Alter Abstinence-Only Sex Education Policy (July 24, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Georgia: Augusta, Conyers, Decatur Receive Nearly $1 Million for Teen Abstinence Grants (July 10, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Carolina Gets $800,000 for Abstinence Programs (July 3, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wyoming: School Board Calls for "Abstinence Only" (May 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Santa Ana, Calif. School Board Rejects Abstinence-Only Curriculum (May 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Senator Specter Attends Teen Abstinence Ceremony (April 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Louisiana: Board Considers Abstinence Health Program (April 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Minnesota: Senate Panel Alters Sex-Ed Statute (March 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstinence Education Gains Record Funding (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Minnesota: Bill Would Stress Abstinence in Sex Ed (March 19, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Settlement to Keep Religion out of Louisiana's Abstinence Program (November 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tennessee: Grant Funds Teen Sexual Abstinence Program (August 13, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Panel Votes to Renew Abstinence-Only Funding (April 25, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Report Finds No Evidence That Abstinence-Only Counseling Prevents Teen Sex, Pregnancy, Disease (April 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Forbidden Words (April 9, 2002)
Excerpts from a letter by the president of Advocates for Youth on abstinence-only education.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence Appearing in More Schools (April 9, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lambda Works With NCAC to Protest Abstinence-Only Sex Education (April 13, 2001)
From Lambda Legal
Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education (March 2001)
A look at the controversy over abstinence-only-until-marriage education.
In Transitions
Adolescence and Abstinence Fact Sheet (October/November 1997)
To read PDF, click here
In SIECUS Report, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

Sexual Education

N.C. Comprehensive Sex Ed Advocates Seeking Broader Curriculum, Including Information About Contraceptives, STDs (February 8, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Coalition of Doctors, Scientists and Researchers Proposes Holistic, Science-Based Sex-Education Program (June 21, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Louisiana: Parents of Middle School Students Learn to Discuss Sex (March 18, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abject Lessons: Public Schools Accused of Skimping on HIV Education (February 4, 2004)
A recent report has brought to light glaring shortfalls in the quality of sex education offered in New York City's public schools.
In The Village Voice
AIDS and Girls' Education (February 2, 2004)
A background document on the impact of education on girls' HIV risk.
To read PDF, click here
From UNAIDS
Sex Education in America (January 29, 2004)
A new multimedia project examines American views about sex education in U.S. public schools; it includes various survey results and a series of news reports available in audio.
From National Public Radio, Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University's Kennedy School
Macon, Ga., Mayor Calls for Better HIV/AIDS Prevention, Sex Education in Public Schools Following Africa Trip (September 12, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
California Assembly Passes Bill to Streamline Parental Consent Process for Sex Education, HIV/AIDS Classes (September 10, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Quebec: Sex Education Course to Be Abolished: Province's Changes to Curriculum Affect Discussions of Sexuality in Schools (September 10, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California: School Board Says HIV Education Is Lacking (August 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial, Opinion Pieces Debate Merit of Condoms in HIV Prevention, Sex Education Efforts (August 25, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
California: Mt. Diablo Trustees to Discuss Health Ed (August 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina Schools Should Provide Sex Education Options, Including Course Addressing HIV/AIDS Prevention, Editorial States (August 19, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Massachusetts: Chelsea Officials Developing Teen HIV Prevention Strategy (August 18, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Schools Stumble Over Sex Education (July 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York: Assemblyman's Study Faults Health Education in Schools (June 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California: School District Drops Planned Parenthood From Sex Education Program (June 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wyoming: School Board Wrestling With Middle School Sex Ed (June 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Leander, Texas, Board OKs Revision to Sex Ed Class (April 23, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Milwaukee Public Schools Marks Grant Money for Sex Ed (April 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chicago: Promoting Safe Sex Is a Year-Round Challenge (April 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Teachers Untrained for Birds-and-Bees Questions (April 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Minnesota: Sex Education Debate Flares at State Capitol (March 13, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina: Wake County School Board Votes to Expand Sex Education (November 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina: Sex-Ed Proponents Back Changes (October 21, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Jersey: Teachers Clash Over Sex-Ed Approach (October 16, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Poll Shows Parents Overwhelmingly Support Comprehensive Sex Education Over Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage by 5 to 1 Margin (October 1, 2002)
SIECUS Launches Parent-Child Communication Initiative.
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
California Poll Finds Parental Support for Comprehensive Sex Education (September 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina: Proposal Reopens Divide Over Sex Ed (September 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sex Education Booklet Spawns Controversy in Japan (September 16, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Issues and Answers: Fact Sheet on Sexuality Education (August/September 2001)
To read PDF, click here
In SIECUS Report, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
AIDS Education and Public Schools: Attacks on the Freedom to Learn
From People for the American Way
AIDS Education and Public Schools: Gay and Lesbian Issues
From People for the American Way
AIDS Education and the So-Called "Homosexual Agenda"
From People for the American Way

Condom Demonstrations/Distribution

Mayor: Provide Condoms to Teens (September 11, 2003)
Inspired by a recent Africa trip, Macon, Ga. Mayor Jack Ellis says it's time to revamp sex education in public schools.
From MaconTelegraph.com
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial, Opinion Pieces Debate Merit of Condoms in HIV Prevention, Sex Education Efforts (August 25, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Tennesse: No Contraceptives in Ninth-Grade Health Text (April 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nebraska Wesleyan Administrators Veto Condoms in Vending Machines (December 6, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Maryland: School Board Approves Condom Demonstrations (November 13, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Talking to Adolescents About Condoms (June 2002)
Excerpts from an online discussion among Nigerians about counseling teenagers on reproductive health.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Condom Column Delays Paper at Florida High School (March 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Peer Education

Delaware: Teens Aim High to Reach Peers About AIDS (May 19, 2004)
High-school students develop their own HIV prevention campaign.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Spreading the Word: Pennsylvania Students Spend Summer Learning About HIV/AIDS, Stage Play to Teach Others (August 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Living With HIV: The Price (May/June 2003)
Young people who think living with HIV is no big deal fail to realize the costs of infection.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Minnesota: Teen Group Takes AIDS Message to Peers (May 1, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Indiana: Former Playboy Playmate With AIDS: "Protect Yourself" (April 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Resources for Youth HIV Prevention (February 15, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
An HIV/AIDS Peer-Prevention Education Program in the Rural South (March 31, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Europeer -- AIDS Peer Education
A meeting place and resource center about peer education to prevent HIV infection among young people in Europe.
HIT Squad (HIV Intervention for Teens) Training Outline
Peer educator training curriculum for teens.
From Wisconsin's AIDS Network

College Programs and Articles

"Sexual Pursuit": College Students Spin Wheel to Learn About Sex, Win an iPod (September 9, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pennsylvania: State College Activist to Speak About Living With HIV (April 19, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: Former Model Tells Eckerd Students About Life With HIV (April 13, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North Carolina: Forum Educates Black Colleges on HIV (March 22, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Sponsors First HIV Awareness Event at Predominantly Black Georgia College (March 19, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Study Is Chilling to Black College Campuses (March 11, 2004)
The much-publicized findings of an HIV outbreak among black men who have sex with men in North Carolina colleges has finally brought public attention to the silently spreading epidemic.
In The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Catholic Colleges Struggle to Find Proper Policies Toward Sexually Active Students (August 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. College Students Misjudge Scope of HIV Epidemic (July 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The National Leadership Resource Database: A New Internet Resource to Support Campus Efforts to Address HIV and Other Health Issues (February 23, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

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