Condom availability in schools: the need for improved program evaluations

This article examines the impact of contentious local debates on the design and implementation of school-based condom availability programs. Information about condom availability in schools was reviewed by 50 leading educators and health officials at a 1992 forum held in Menlo Park, Calif. Few exist...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1994-12, Vol.84 (12), p.1901-1906
Main Authors: Stryker, J, Samuels, S E, Smith, M D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
AIDS/HIV
Availability
Biological and medical sciences
Condoms
Evaluation
High schools
HIV
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Liability, Legal
Medical sciences
Morals
Prevention and actions
Prevention programs
Program Evaluation
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Public Opinion
School Health Services
Schools
Sexually transmitted diseases
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
STD
Students
Teenage pregnancy
USA
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Summary:This article examines the impact of contentious local debates on the design and implementation of school-based condom availability programs. Information about condom availability in schools was reviewed by 50 leading educators and health officials at a 1992 forum held in Menlo Park, Calif. Few existing condom availability programs were designed to yield definitive data on sexual risk-taking behavior or other measures of program effectiveness. In the debate over school-based condom availability programs, as in many aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention programs, scientific, moral, and political concerns overlap. Behavioral research into the potential effectiveness of such programs can help inform debates about fundamental values concerning sexual decision making and privacy, family integrity and parental autonomy, and public health.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.84.12.1901