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Doctors Urge More Access to Condoms for Adolescents
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a new policy statement supporting condom availability programs for adolescents,…
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Health in All Policies: STD Prevention Beyond the Classroom and Clinic
Source: Holly Avey, Elizabeth Fuller, Jane Branscomb, et al. “Using a Health in All Policies Approach to Address…
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Sex Education Policy in the 2013 State Legislation Sessions
Sex Education Policy in the 2013 State Legislation Sessions Numerous bills related to sex education were considered in…
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Sexual Health Promotion in U.S. Schools Highlights from the CDCs SHPPS 2012
Sexual Health Promotion in U.S. Schools – Highlights from the CDC’s SHPPS 2012 Source: Laura Kann, et al.,…
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Illinois: Sex Ed Set to Begin in Kindergarten in Chicago Public Schools
By Emily Ike, SIECUS Program Research Intern Despite scattered pockets of local opposition, sexual health education will now…
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Alabama: Opposition Links Common Core to Hard Core
Alabama: Opposition Links ‘Common Core’ to ‘Hard Core’ Opponents of comprehensive sexuality education in Alabama have found allies…
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Pennsylvania: Homecoming King Booted from Ballot – Due to State Law on Gender?
Pennsylvania: Homecoming King Booted from Ballot – Due to State Law on Gender? Controversy erupted at the start…
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Looking SHARP? Impact Data Still Elusive for Navy & Marine Sexual Health Program
Looking SHARP? Impact Data Still Elusive for Navy & Marine Sexual Health Program By Emily Ike, SIECUS Program…
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Text Education: How North Carolina Teens Used a Sexual Health Text Information Line
Source: Jessica Fitts Willoughby and Kennon Jackson Jr., “‘Can You Get Pregnant When U R in The Pool?’:…
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Iowa: High School Forbids Laramie Project as Not Family-Friendly
Charges of censorship and homophobia were voiced by students and adults who objected when an Iowa high school…
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Affordable Care Act Updates
By Nikki Tishler, Federal Policy and Communications Fellow July has been a busy month for the Affordable Care…
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Massachusetts: More Condom Availability, Less Opposition, in Boston High Schools
By Whitney Sewell, Program Research Intern In June the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) voted unanimously to expand…
