Sources of Research Pertaining to the Effectiveness of Sexuality Education

A multitude of research pertaining to the effectiveness of sexuality education has been conducted within the last several years. The following is a list of links to organizations and resources of effectiveness research:

Doug Kirby, PhD, of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, recently published Emerging Answers: Research Finding on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy. http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/data/report_summaries/emerging_answers/default.asp

PASHA (the Program Archive on Sexuality, Health and Adolescence) has published the PASHA Program Sourcebook: Promising Teen Pregnancy and STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs. http://www.socio.com/srch/summary/pasha/paspubl2.htm

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) has published Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education: K–12. http://www.siecus.org/pubs/guidelines/guidelines.pdf

Advocates for Youth has published Effective HIV/STD and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Young Women of Color and Promising Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs. http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/pag/effcywoc.htm

The Abstinence Clearinghouse reports on research pertaining to abstinence-only education. http://www.abstinence.net