Teen and model and sex

The study design was a quasi-experimental, nonrandomized design conducted from May to May The sample consisted of 96 intervention i. Baseline and month follow-up surveys were conducted. Summary statistics were generated and multiple regression analyses were conducted. In the primary intent-to-treat analyses, and secondary non-intent-to-treat analyses, Teen PEP peer educators versus comparison students reported significantly greater opportunities to practice sexual risk reduction skills and higher intentions to talk with friends, parents, and sex partners about sex and birth control, set boundaries with sex partners, and ask a partner to be tested for STIs including HIV. In addition in the secondary analysis, Teen PEP peer educators as compared with the comparison students had significantly higher scores on knowledge of sexual health issues and ability to refuse risky sexual situations.

American Indian girls have higher teen pregnancy rates than the national rate. Intervention studies that utilize the Theory of Reasoned Action have found that changing attitudes and subjective norms often leads to subsequent change in a variety of health behaviors in young adults. The current study goal is to better understand sexual decision-making among American Indian youth using the Theory of Reasoned Action model and to introduce ways to utilize attitudes and subjective norms to modify risky behaviors. The project collected qualitative data at a reservation site and an urban site through 16 focus groups with American Indian young people aged 16— Attitudes towards, perceived impact of, and perception of how others felt about teen pregnancy vary between American Indian parents and non-parents.

Teen Choice is a school-based program to help teens delay sexual activity, reduce risky sexual behaviors, and avoid teen pregnancy. The program includes classroom-based health education workshops, intensive small group mutual-aid discussions, and individual counseling. Teen Choice was on the forefront of the AIDS epidemic, and it was the first program of its kind to include boys. Today, the program serves more than 25 schools and reaches close to 2, students in middle and high school. Teen Choice seeks to clarify the often dangerous myths that youth tend to pick up from their peers about sex.

This fact sheet provides information and guidance for fathers on how to help their teen avoid sexual risk behaviors. Teens sometimes engage in behaviors that increase their risks of illness, injury, and early death. Engaging in sexual risk behaviors—such as having sex at an early age, having more than one sex partner, and not using condoms or other contraceptives—can lead to unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV infection.