PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Stout, James W.
AU  - Rivara, Frederick P.
TI  - Schools and Sex Education: Does It Work?
DP  - 1989 Mar 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 375--379
VI  - 83
IP  - 3
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/83/3/375.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/83/3/375.full
SO  - Pediatrics1989 Mar 01; 83
AB  - 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.