American Medical Association Abstinence Education

Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/2/e20161348/52508/Sexuality-Education-for-Children-and-Adolescents

American Medical Association

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The American Medical Association, founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the United States. The …

Talking about sex: AAP recommends evidence-based …

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/14224/Talking-about-sex-AAP-recommends-evidence-based

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, the Academy, the American Medical Association, the …

The Effectiveness of Abstinence Education Programs in …

https://www.heritage.org/education/report/the-effectiveness-abstinence-education-programs-reducing-sexual-activity-among

Abstinence education programs for youth have been proven to be effective in reducing early sexual activity. Abstinence programs also can provide the foundation for …

Education - American Medical Association

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Education is at the heart of the AMA mission. As an accredited provider of continuing medical education (CME) and a driving force in the modernization of physician training, the AMA is …

Teens Deserve More than Abstinence …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/teens-deserve-more-abstinence-only-education/2005-10

Each and every day in the United States, some 10 000 teens contract a sexually transmitted disease, 1 2400 get pregnant, 2 and, tragically, 55 contract human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 3 …

Why Abstinence Only Education is Inadequate? – Bianca …

https://sites.psu.edu/bianchisblog/2023/02/16/why-abstinence-only-education-is-inadequate/

Another point to be made against abstinence-only education is its rejection by many medical organizations. The American Medical Association, “Opposes the sole …

Abstinence and U.S. Abstinence Only Education …

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2014/07/18/14/05/abstinence-and-us-abstinence-only-education-policies-ethical-and-human-rights-concerns

APHA has strongly supported comprehensive sexuality education that includes information about concepts of healthy sexuality, sexual orientation and …

Federally Funded Abstinence-Only …

https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/abstinence-only-programs

There are two federal funding streams dedicated to abstinence-only programs: the Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant program, which is funded for several years at a time, and the …

The American Medical Association …

https://alcoholfacts.org/AMA.html

The American Medical Association (AMA) first passed a resolution supporting abstinence from alcohol even before National Prohibition was imposed in 1920 and it has never rejected that resolution. …