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5143.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
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| Federal allocations for abstinence-only sexuality education program have been in the hundreds of millions of dollars in the last several years but do these programs work? This session will present some findings from three different programs. Results from both the middle and high school programs of Texas Title V funded abstinence programs will be presented. The first year findings of the Girls Shape the Future program will be presented. This program is a pregnancy prevention program with data reported from 5 nationwide sites. The Worth the Wait program was taught in public schools to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders from urban and rural areas of South Central New York. Results will be reported on the likelihood of participants to abstained from sexual intercourse as well as other data. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. identify the purpose and procedures employed in the evaluation of the abstitence-only sexuality education programs presented. 2. List the impact, if any, of these programs on identified variables of the students. 3. Determine the use of the program evaluation results for future sexuality education programs | |||
| Terry Wessel #school | |||
| Deitra Wengert, PhD | |||
Do abstinence-only education programs impact HIGH SCHOOL youth's sexual behavior and intentions? Outcomes from Wave 2 of the Texas Title V abstinence education evaluation ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Patricia Goodson, PhD, Eric R. Buhi, MPH, CHES, B.E. (Buzz) Pruitt, EdD, Catherine Rasberry, MS, CHES | |||
| Do abstinence-only education programs impact MIDDLE SCHOOL youth's sexual behavior and intentions? Outcomes from Wave 2 of the Texas Title V abstinence education evaluation Eric R. Buhi, MPH, PhD, CHES, Patricia Goodson, PhD, B.E. (Buzz) Pruitt, EdD, Catherine Rasberry, MS, CHES. Awards: SHES Outstanding Student Research Abstract Award - Honorable Mention | |||
| Differences in likelihood to abstain from sexual intercourse: A secondary data time-series evaluation of the effects of three years of abstinence-only programming on rural and urban middle school aged children Laurel Pierangeli, PhD, MS, RN | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | School Health Education and Services | ||
| Endorsed by: | HIV/AIDS; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
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