How is the effectiveness of sex education programs evaluated?

1 Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, ... Jun 21, 2013 ... LGBT-Inclusive Sex Education Means Healthier Youth and Safer Schools. Comprehensive sex education is critical to young people's sexual health ... May 25, 2024 ... 17 states provide abstinence only sex education. And so far this year at least 135 bills pertaining to sexual education have been introduced, or ... Colorado law states that if a school or district offers sex education then that education must be comprehensive and meet the requirements noted in Colorado ... (1)(a) Any public elementary or secondary school in Louisiana may, but is not required to, offer instruction in subject matter designated as "sex education", ... Dec 4, 2018 ... Only 24 states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education in public schools. Even fewer states include consent. May 31, 2018 ... Now is the time to make sure sex ed is taught sensitively, thoughtfully, and comprehensively in every school in our country. Sex education that includes all of these issues is known as comprehensive sexuality education. In contrast, abstinence-only sex education, which focuses solely ... Nov 19, 2024 ... CSE is five times more likely to be successful in preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections when it pays explicit ... Apr 25, 2025 ... There are two federal funding streams for evidence-based and medically accurate sex education: the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program and ...