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Three Strategies to Prevent Unintended Pregnancy
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Thomas, Adam – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
This paper presents results from fiscal impact simulations of three national-level policies designed to prevent unintended pregnancy: A media campaign encouraging condom use, a pregnancy prevention program for at-risk youth, and an expansion in Medicaid family planning services. These simulations were performed using FamilyScape, a recently…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Family Planning, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Continuing Jeopardy: Children and AIDS. A Staff Report of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. One Hundredth Congress, Second Session.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
The challenges to Congress posed by the threat of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to children are to support the development of more humane and cost-effective treatment and care, and to stop the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The rate of reported HIV infection and cases of AIDS among children and youth is increasing.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Children, Communicable Diseases
Overcoming Teacher Reluctancy Toward VD Education
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Benell, Florence B. – Journal of School Health, 1970
Not only does a school health program need parent and community support, but also close cooperation with the local health department. Experience has shown that where many groups work together to solve a problem, the cooperative endeavor has a salubrious effect in helping to bring positive results. Such a climate can help influence a teacher who…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communicable Diseases, Health Education, Information Dissemination
The Role of Condom Motivation Education in the Reduction of New and Reinfection Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Inner-City Female Adolescents.
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Smith, P. B.; Weinman, M. L.; Parrilli, J. – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
The effectiveness of small group condom motivation education in reducing new and reinfection rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) among urban female teenagers was evaluated. Teens (N=205) were followed for six months. Findings are presented and health education opportunities are discussed. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Condoms, Contraception, Counseling
The Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography Held in Washington, D. C. from September 16 to October 5. 1912. I. Some Lessons and Suggestions from the Exhibition; II. Digests of Some of the Papers Presented at the Congress. Bulletin, 1913, No. 18. Whole Number 528
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Dresslar, Fletcher B. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
The Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, held in Washington City in the autumn of 1912, was a notable event in the history of sanitation and in the discussion of the conditions of the physical and mental health of the people. The exhibition held in connection with the congress was instructive in many ways, and contained much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Child Health, Public Health