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Ten Tips for Parents to Help Their Children Avoid Teen Pregnancy
This article emphasizes the role parents can have in helping their teens prevent an unplanned pregnancy.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy • 2007

Sibling Sexual Abuse
This paper examines the issue of sibling sexual abuse and explains the causes and effects of such abuse on the emotional, psychological and behavioural outcomes of children.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Health Canada • 1994

What Do Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?
This paper presents the results of a survey that demonstrates that most parents support abstinence education in high school and want their children to learn the value of saving sex for a mature, loving and committed relationship.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• The Heritage Foundation • January 28, 2004

Facing the Facts…Young People and the ‘Morning-After Pill’
This paper examines the prevalent use of the morning-after pill among teens under 16 years of age in Britain.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Family Education Trust • 2004

Family Change and Early Sexual Initiation
This paper investigates the influence of family structure on the age of a female's first sexual encounter.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1998

The Effect of China’s One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years
This paper examines the implementation of China’s one-child policy in 1979 and the current effect the policy on the man to woman ratio and the adult child to elderly parent ratio.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• New England Journal of Medicine • September 15, 2005

Faith, Values and Sex and Relationships Education
This fact sheet explores the issues involved in developing and implementing a sex and relationship education program that is inclusive of multiple faith perspectives and value systems.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• National Children's Bureau • 2002

The Potential Role of Contraception in Reducing Abortion
This paper examines the potential of increasing contraceptive use and effectiveness to reduce abortion rates around the world.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Population Council • 2000

The Dangers of Pornography? A Review of the Effects Literature
This paper highlights some of the effects of pornography, including desensitization, increased aggression, and catharsis.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Annenberg School for Communication: University of Pennsylvania • March 2000

Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America
This report uses data from national surveys to provide a comprehensive comparison of mothers and fathers on more than 40 indicators of parenting, family formation, and fertility.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Child Trends • July 09, 2002

Facts about Abstinence Education
This fact sheet presents information pertaining to the consequences of early sexual activity, the effectiveness of abstinence education programs, and parental attitudes towards sex education.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• The Heritage Foundation • March 30, 2004

Emergency Contraception
This paper looks at the options available for preventing pregnancy after having intercourse.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Canadian Paediatric Society • 2003

Canadian Youth, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Study: Factors Influencing Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours
This paper examines adolescent sexual health and activity including dating, the influence of parents and peers, sexual orientation, STD and HIV/AIDS knowledge and prevalence, and attitudes towards sex.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Council of Ministers of Education • 2003

The Psychosocial Context of Young Adult Sexual Behavior in Nicaragua: Looking Through the Gender Lens
This article examines health programs that focus on abortion and birth control methods in Nicaragua.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 2003

Maternal Correlates of Adolescent Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviour
This study found that maternal disapproval and a positive mother-child relationship were associated with increased abstinence, or decreased frequency of intercourse among sexually active youths.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • August 01, 1996

It’s All in the Past? Exploring the Repercussions of Parents’ Early Conjugal and Parental Histories on the Family Life Course of Their Children
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey on Children and Youth (NLSCY), this paper examines the impact the parents’ conjugal and parental behaviour (prior to the union in which the target child was born) has upon the child’s outcomes
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• Human Resources Development Canada • January 01, 2002

Young Men's Sexual and Reproductive Health: Toward a National Strategy (Framework and Recommendations)
This paper focuses on the poor sexual and reproductive health of men between the ages of 12 to 24 and recommends specific action that would address this issue .
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• The Urban Institute • December 01, 2000

Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence: A Study of Competing Curricula
This book provides a comparison of the themes and content of comprehensive sexuality education (also known as abstinence-plus) and traditional abstinence-based programs.
• Category: Sexuality > Parental Sexual Attitudes/Behaviour
• The Heritage Foundation • 2004

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