sex education in teens still it necessary?

During this time many people who question the usefulness of sex education for adolescents. Really there is no point? What is the status of sex education in foreign countries? Let us refer to the comparison!

ScienceDaily (Mar.20, 2008). Recent research shows that comprehensive sex education can reduce the likelihood of teenage pregnancy, and there is no indication that it is increasing the level of sexual activity or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). "There is absolutely no harm to teach teens about birth control, in addition to the denial of sexual relations, 'said study leader, Pamela Kohler, a program manager at the University of Washington in Seattle. Parents and educators have long argued, whether the student should get a teaching birth control, or easily just say no to free sex. Which option is better to postpone sex among adolescents.

Kohler and colleagues studied the results of national survey of the United States in 2002 and focused on heterosexual teens ages 15 to 19 years. These findings, based on responses from 1719 adolescents, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. After reviewing the results, researchers found that one in four teens received abstinence education only sex. Nine percent, particularly in poor and rural areas, do not receive sex education at all. Two-thirds of the remainder receive comprehensive instruction, with discussion of birth control and abstinence. Adolescents who received comprehensive sex education have 60 percent less likely to get pregnant, than who did not receive sex education at all. The possibility of pregnancy is 30 percent lower in those who received sex education abstinence only, than those who did not receive sex, but researchers assume that this number is statistically insignificant because few teens who fall into categories studied.

Although they did not reach statistical signifkansi, other surveys also suggest that comprehensive sex education, not the denial of sex alone, reduce the likelihood of teens engaging in vaginal intercourse. Both approaches reduce the likelihood of STDs are not reported, but the result is not statistically significant. However, these findings advocate comprehensive sex education, according to Kohler said. 'There is no evidence to support that denial of sex education course to reduce the likelihood of sexual intercourse, or pregnancy', Kohler said again.

Don Operario, PhD., A professor at Oxford University in England said that the study provides "further evidence ', to use comprehensive sex education and lack of effectiveness of the abstinence approach to sex alone. However, these studies do not show how educators should implement comprehensive sex education in the classroom, said Operario, who studies sex education. 'We need a better understanding of the most effective way to provide the type of education in order to maximize student understanding and acceptance of community', said Operario.