EditorialThe State of Sex Education in the United States
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Trends in Adolescents' Receipt of Sex Education
In this month's Journal of Adolescent Health, Lindberg et al. [16] provide further insight into the current state of sex education and the implications of federal and state policies for adolescents in the United States. Using population data from the National Survey of Family Growth, they find reductions in U.S. adolescents' receipt of formal sex education from schools and other community institutions between 2006–2010 and 2011–2013. These declines continue previous trends from 1995–2002 to
The Future of Sex Education
Given the insufficient state of sex education in the United States in 2016, existing gaps are opportunities for more ambitious, forward-thinking strategies that cross-cut levels to translate an expanded evidence base into best practices and policies. Clearly, digital and social media are already playing critical roles at the societal level and can serve as platforms for disseminating innovative, scientifically and medically sound models of sex education to diverse groups of adolescents,
Funding Sources
K.S.H. is supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development #1K01HD080722-01A1.
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