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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:136-137
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Health Promotion

Commentary: Sex education interventions: increasing knowledge is only a first step

Anna Graham

Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JL, UK. E-mail: a.graham@bristol.ac.uk.

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This includes unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infection rates. The findings of the most recent systematic review of interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies amongst adolescents, using the results exclusively from randomized trials in developed countries, are disappointing.

In the past, reviews of evidence have been critical of the methodologies employed to evaluate the impact of sex education interventions. The findings of observational studies in this area are more likely to have positive findings, and are undoubtedly biased, compared with randomized trials.2 More recently a significant number . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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