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Dudley, James; Crowder, Amanda; Montgomery, Tchernavia R. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Adolescent pregnancy continues to be a major concern for policy-makers, programme developers, helping professionals and society generally in the USA, especially in light of the US federal government's legislative emphasis on abstinence-only sex education until recently. Studies have found that abstinence-only programmes do not succeed in…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Mothers, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes
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Hunter, Jaimie C.; Vines, Anissa I.; Carlisle, Veronica – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Background: In 2012, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a hotly debated recommendation against prostate-specific antigen testing for all men. The present research examines African Americans' beliefs about their susceptibility to prostate cancer (PCa) and the effectiveness of prostate-specific antigen testing in the context of the…
Descriptors: African American Attitudes, Cancer, Screening Tests, Clinical Diagnosis