Although there has been significant progress over the last few years in the United States regarding the rate of teenage pregnancy, it is still a huge ongoing problem that needs to be resolved. Unprotected sex frequently leads to serious health concerns and consequences because schools are not educating young people, who are most affected by this issue. To resolve this on-going issue of risky sexual behaviors, programs are being implemented in high schools to provide students with information about how to be safe while engaging in sexual activity and how to avoid STIs and unintended pregnancies.
Problem
Unprotected sex is defined as having vaginal, anal, or oral sex without using a condom (AVERT, 2015). It is becoming an increasingly common …show more content…
Evidence for concluding the effectiveness of Reducing the Risk has been evaluated in the article, “Reducing the Risk: Impact of a New Curriculum on Sexual Risk-Taking.” The research was conducted through a quasi-experimental design, where it was implemented at 13 different California high schools and surveyed 758 high school students. As shown in Table 1 of the article, the majority of students were white with 62%, 20% were Latino, 9% were Asian, 2% were Black, 2% were Native American, and 5% were of other racial/ethnic backgrounds. There were 27% students in ninth grade, 56% in tenth grade, 11% in eleventh grade, and 6% in twelfth grade, and of those who participated there were 47% male and 53% female (Kirby, D., Barth R., Leland, N., Fetro, J, …show more content…
The program aims to reduce the rates of unprotected sex among high school students by discussing the consequences while they are still young. The curriculum is also intended for students of all ethnicities and racial backgrounds, which helps show the accuracy of the program based on the results from schools all over the nation. Reducing the Risk is different than other sexual education programs because it not only covers sexual issues, such as unintended pregnancies, STIs, and contraceptive usage, but also because it seeks to help engage parent-child discussion about sexual health concerns (Kirby et al., 1991). The program increases awareness and demonstrates common risky situations to teach students how to make wise decisions before getting stuck in situations where they are forced to make impulse decisions (Zimmerman, R., et al,
Problem
Unprotected sex is defined as having vaginal, anal, or oral sex without using a condom (AVERT, 2015). It is becoming an increasingly common …show more content…
Evidence for concluding the effectiveness of Reducing the Risk has been evaluated in the article, “Reducing the Risk: Impact of a New Curriculum on Sexual Risk-Taking.” The research was conducted through a quasi-experimental design, where it was implemented at 13 different California high schools and surveyed 758 high school students. As shown in Table 1 of the article, the majority of students were white with 62%, 20% were Latino, 9% were Asian, 2% were Black, 2% were Native American, and 5% were of other racial/ethnic backgrounds. There were 27% students in ninth grade, 56% in tenth grade, 11% in eleventh grade, and 6% in twelfth grade, and of those who participated there were 47% male and 53% female (Kirby, D., Barth R., Leland, N., Fetro, J, …show more content…
The program aims to reduce the rates of unprotected sex among high school students by discussing the consequences while they are still young. The curriculum is also intended for students of all ethnicities and racial backgrounds, which helps show the accuracy of the program based on the results from schools all over the nation. Reducing the Risk is different than other sexual education programs because it not only covers sexual issues, such as unintended pregnancies, STIs, and contraceptive usage, but also because it seeks to help engage parent-child discussion about sexual health concerns (Kirby et al., 1991). The program increases awareness and demonstrates common risky situations to teach students how to make wise decisions before getting stuck in situations where they are forced to make impulse decisions (Zimmerman, R., et al,