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Publications

Articles:

"No Sex Please, We're Teenagers" - Abstinence Education is being rebranded and a new breed of chastity-practising young adults is being born. Sue Relf explains the work and ethos of Challenge Team UK - from SecEd; January 2007

Abstinence under fire - It will take more than condoms to reverse the tide of sexually transmitted infections engulfing Britain’s young people. By Dr Trevor Stammers

The evidence not withstanding - A critical analysis of current sexual health strategies. Written by Julia Manning

Abstinence Education: Assessing the Evidence. by Christine C. Kim and Robert Rector. Published by The Heritage Foundation.

Teen Pregnancy And The Case for Abstinence. by Fletcher Doyle, taken from eMaxHealth.com

Recommended reading:

"Impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial"
by M Henderson, D Wight, GM Raab, C Abraham, A Parks, S Scott and G Hart - BMJ published 21 November 2006

"Random behaviour or rational choice? Family planning, teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections."
By David Paton - Sex Education Vol 6, No 3, August 2006, pp 281-308

"Comprehensive Sex Education versus Authentic Abstinence: a study of competing curricula"
by Shannon Martin, Robert Rector and Melissa G Pardue - Aug 10, 2004
A study based in the USA

"The harmful effects of early sexual activity and multiple sexual partners among women - a book of charts"
by Robert Rector, Kirk A Johnson, Lauren R Noyes and Shannan Martin - June 26, 2003
A study based in the USA

"HIV & AIDS in Schools: The Political Economy of Pressure Groups"
by Barnie Craven, Pauline Dixon, Gordon Stewart and James Tooley.- Institute of Economic Affairs

"The Sex-change Society"
by Melanie Phillips - The Social Market Foundation

Deconstructing the Dutch Utopia: Sex Education and Teenage Pregnancy in the Netherlands
Available from the Family Education Trust.