Schools and Sex Education: Does It Work?
1 The Department of Pediatrics, Harborview Medical Center, and the University of Washington, and Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle
The literature was critically reviewed to determine whether evidence exists to support sex education in the schools as a method of altering sexual behavior, contraception, and adolescent pregnancy. Five studies were identified in which the effects of sex education on these outcomes were evaluated. The available evidence indicates that there is little or no effect from schoolbased sex education on sexual activity, contraception, or teenage pregnancy.
Key Words: sex education • teenage pregnancy
Submitted on November 4, 1987
Accepted on March 30, 1988
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