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References

Abstinence Clearinghouse. Choosing abstinence-only way to protect America's youth. Undated. www.abstinence.net/ArticleDetail.cfm?ArticleID=202

Retrieved on November 7, 2003.

 

Advocates for Youth, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. (SIECUS, 2001) Toward a sexually healthy America: Roadblocks imposed by the federal government’s abstinence-only-until-marriage education program. Retrieved on November 7, 2003 from www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/abstinenceonly.pdf

 

Alan Guttmacher Institute. (February, 2001). Sex Education: Politicians, parents, teachers and teens (from the Issues in Brief series). Retrieved on November 4, 2003 www.agiusa.org/pubs/ib_2-01.html

 

Collins, C., Alagiri, P., & Summers, T. (2002) Abstinence only vs. comprehensive sex education. Retrieved on November 7, 2003 from

 http://ari.ucsf.edu/pdf/abstinence.pdf 

 

Concerned Women for America. (July, 1998). Abstinence: Why sex is worth the wait?   November 7, 2003 from www.cwfa.org/library/family/1998-07_pp_abstinence.shtml

 

Feijoo A. Advocates for Youth. (1999) Teenage Pregnancy, the case for prevention: An updated analysis of recent trends and federal expenditures associated with teenage pregnancy. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from  www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/coststudy/

 

Gold R., & Nash E. (2001) State-level policies on sexuality, STD Education. The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy 4(4).

 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (February, 2000). Fact Sheet: Sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from

www.kff.org/content/2000/3003/STD%20Fact%20Sheet.PDF

 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (June, 2000). Hearing their voices: A qualitative research study on HIV testing and higher-risk teens. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from

www.kff.org/content/1999/1492/HearingVoices2.PDF 

 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (September, 2000) Sex education in America: A series of national surveys of students, parents, teachers and principals (summary of findings).

Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from   www.kff.org/content/2000/3048/SexED.pdf

 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (March, 1999). What teens know and don't (but should) about sexually transmitted diseases. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from  www.kff.org/content/archive/1465/stds_t.pdf

 

H.R. 3469, 107th Congress, 1st Session; 2001. Retrieved on November 4, 2003

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.03469:

 

Kirby D, (2000). What does the research say about sexuality education? Educational Leadership 58(2), 72-76.

 

Lieberman, E. J., & Lieberman, K. T. (1998). Like it is a teen sex guide. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.

 

National Abortion Rights Advocacy League (NARAL). (May, 2002). Fact sheet: The need for comprehensive sexuality education. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from  http://www.naral.org/facts/responsible_sexed.cfm  

 

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. (August, 2001) Fact sheet: Recent trends in teen pregnancy, sexual activity, and contraceptive use. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from www.teenpregnancy.org/rectrend.htm

 

Planned Parenthood of America. (February, 2001) Fact sheet, sexually transmitted infections. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from www.plannedparenthood.org/library/STI/sti_fact.html

 

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). (September, 2001). Fact sheet: Sexuality education in the schools: Issues and answers. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from  www.siecus.org/pubs/fact/fact0007.html

 

The Educational Materials Center (EMC) at Central Michigan University. (January, 2002). Sample sexuality education definitions. Retrieved on November 9, 2003 http://www.emc.cmich.edu/HIV/definitions.htm

 

The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) (2003). Health & sexuality education overview. Retrieved on November 7, 2003 from

http://www.stateaction.org/issues/sexualityeducation/index.cfm

 

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (March, 2003). HIV/AIDS among young women: Minority and young women at continuing risk. Retrieved on November 7, 2003 from www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm  

 

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (May, 2002). Young people at risk: HIV/AIDS among America’s youth. Retrieved on November 4, 2003 from www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/youth.pdf  

 

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (1998). CDC facts: Adolescents and HIV/AIDS. Atlanta, GA.

 

Valleroy L. A., MacKellar D.A., Karon J.M., et al. (2000). HIV prevalence and associated risks in young men who have sex with men. The Journal of the American Medical Association 284(2), 198-205.

 

 


 

 

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