Abstinence-only education and teen pregnancy rates: Why we need comprehensive sex education in the U.S

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Stanger Hall, Kathrin F ^a   Hall, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INDUCED ABORTION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH RATE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; MEDICAID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054110804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024658     Document Type: Article

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