Sentences with phrase «on abstinence»

In schools, many sex - education courses focuses on abstinence and skirt around topics deemed more appropriate for home discussions.

The revisions, which could have implications for the textbook market nationwide, are aimed primarily at putting greater emphasis on abstinence as a means of preventing sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancies.

This was evident in what young people perceived as an emphasis on abstinence; moralising; and a failure to acknowledge the full range of sexual activities they engaged in.

I help women find freedom from alcohol on their own terms, which often means teaching moderation strategies instead of focusing exclusively on abstinence.

In the last decade, more than $ 1.5 billion has been wasted on abstinence - only programs, when studies show they don't reduce the number of teen pregnancies or sexually transmitted infections.

Sounds like you are also ignoring the Church's teaching on abstinence as well.

A cartoonish, stereotypical Religious Right activist insisting on abstinence education frustrated the task of educating persons about proper condom use.

The federal government spends $ 176 million a year on abstinence - only education, and millions more are spent every year in state and local matching grants.

In fact, the study's findings on abstinence are among its most striking: less than 1 gram per day was associated with increased mortality, since teetotallers are at higher risk of heart attacks.

The researchers found that the treatments did not differ significantly on any abstinence outcome measure at 26 or 52 weeks, including point - prevalence abstinence at 26 weeks (nicotine patch, 23 percent; varenicline, 24 percent; C - NRT, 27 percent) or at 52 weeks (nicotine patch, 21 percent; varenicline, 19 percent; C - NRT, 20 percent).

The overall emphasis is solely on abstinence.

He was widely criticized for defending Bush policies on abstinence - only education and global warming, especially in his defense against an assertion by the National Academy of Sciences that political influence was contaminating the scientific research in government agencies.

What governments can do is educate their youth on abstinence and contraceptive behaviors to help keep them safe from unintended pregnancy and STDs.

After they complete their training, Peer Educators participate either as informal contacts in their schools — giving information and referrals — or conduct formal presentations on abstinence, contraception, and HIV.

Ohio PREP allows Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio to provide the following services: education to youth ages 14 to19 years of age on both abstinence and contraception for the prevention of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV / AIDS, and education on three adulthood preparation subjects to assist youth as they transition out of the foster care and juvenile justice systems into independent living.

All students deserve to learn about their bodies and healthy relationships by being taught comprehensive, medically accurate sex education that includes information on abstinence, the benefits of contraception, and healthy relationships.

Includes a chapter on the high functioning addict, what to expect in recovery, a discussion on abstinence vs. harm reduction, a discussion of the distinction between spirituality and religiosity, a description of AA meetings, and more.

Confrontation and an insistence on abstinence can shut people down, and polarize and lose them.

An extreme provision that would have required school - based sex education to focus exclusively on abstinence and block the inclusion of information on contraceptives, sex outside of marriage or homosexuality was vetoed by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert.

«In the last decade, more than $ 1.5 billion has been wasted on abstinence - only programs that do nothing to teach our teens responsibility.

See Melissa G. Pardue, Robert E. Rector, and Shannan Martin, «Government Spends $ 12 on Safe Sex and Contraceptives for Every $ 1 Spent on Abstinence,» Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1718, January 14, 2004.

This year the federal government will spend $ 131 million on abstinence - only programs that do not include instruction on contraception or preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

Instead, the bill misguidedly doubles down on abstinence - only grants which are harmful and ineffective.

«Teens look to us for information about preventing disease and unintended pregnancy, yet our government spends $ 1 billion on abstinence - only programs to teach our teens that condoms don't work.

A study by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy reports that two - thirds of the examined sex education programs that focus on both abstinence and contraception had a positive effect on teen sexual behavior.

«There is no valid rationale for this zealous focus on abstinence - until - marriage programs.

But instead of investing in sex education that actually works, the bill misguidedly doubles down on abstinence - only grants — which are harmful and ineffective.

It has long been proven that abstinence - only education simply does not work, and yet 26 states are currently disillusioned by thinking that focusing on abstinence is the best solution to sex education in schools.