Abstinence

This section examines abstinence as it applies to HIV prevention programs or sexual education strategies.  The papers summarized throughout generally do not condone the promotion of abstinence as the ideal HIV prevention strategy.

The papers that were retrieved throughout the HIV prevention literature survey are:

 

Collins, C., Alagiri, P., & Summers, T. (March 2002). Abstinence only vs. comprehensive sex education: What are the arguments? What is the evidence? Retrieved July 10, 2009, from http://ari.ucsf.edu/science/reports/abstinence.pdf.

Kay, J. F., & Jackson, A. (2008). Sex, lies, and stereotypes: How abstinence-only programs harm women and girls. Retrieved July 10, 2009, from http://www.legalmomentum.org/our-work/sfr/sex-lies-and-stereotypes.html.

Kirby, D. (2007). Abstinence, Sex and STD/HIV education programs for teens: Their impact on sexual behavior, pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. The Annual Review of Sex Research 18(1), 143-177.

Kohler, K., Manhart, L. E., & Lafferty, W. E. (2008). Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education and the intiation of sexual activity and teen pregnancy. Journal of Adolescent Health 42(4), 344-351.

Masters, N. T., Beadnell, B. A., Morrison, D. M., Hoppe, M. J., & Gillmore, M. R. (2008). The opposite of sex? Adolescents’ thoughts about abstinence and sex and their sexual behavior. Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 40(2), 87-93.

Santelli, J. S., Lindbery, L., Duberstein, F., Lawrence, B., & Singh, S. (2007). Explaining recent declines in adolescent pregnancy in the United States: The contribution of abstinence and improved condom use. American Journal of Public Health 91(1), 150-156.

Santelli, J., Ott, M. A., Lyon, M., Rogers, J., Summers, D., & Schleifer, R. (2006). Abstinence and abstinence-only education: A review of US policies and programs. Journal of Adolescent Health 38(1), 72-81.

Setswe, G. (2007). Abstinence and faithfulness programmes for prevention of HIV/AIDS among young people: What are the current debates? South African Family Practice, 49(8), 5-10.

Silva, M. (2002). The effectiveness of school-based sex education programs in the promotion of abstinent behavior: A meta-analysis. Health Education Research 17(4), 471-481.

Trenholm, C., Devany, B., Fortson, K., Clark, M., Quay, L. & Wheeler, J. (2008). Impacts of abstinence education on teen sexual activity, risk of pregnancy and risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 27(2), 255-276.

Underhill, K., Operario, D., & Montgomery, P. (2007). Systematic review of abstinence-plus HIV prevention programs in high-income countries. Public Library of Science Medicine 4(9), 275.

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