PEDIATRICS Vol. 96 No. 1 July 1995, pp. 169-170
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Letters to the Editor

Michael D. Resnick PhD1 and Robert Wm. Blum MD, PhD1

1 Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0381

We appreciate and share the legitimate, heartfelt concern of our colleagues over the damaging effect of sexual abuse, sexual coercion, and early onset of sexual intercourse among adolescents. We strongly concur that sexual abuse in any form has profound effects on the health and well-being of young people, and very early onset of sexual intercourse–whether or not it is defined or divulged as sexual abuse–places young people at risk for a variety of adverse outcomes.