for some period of time. Since messages about abstinence
and consistent contraceptive use appear to be having an
impact on teens, adolescents must continue to receive
both of these messages. “To argue that we can drive down
pregnancy rates using only one approach or the other
misses the complexity of behavior,” concludes Brown.
At the same time, these messages, by themselves, are
unlikely to sustain the downward trend in adolescent
pregnancy and childbearing rates or reach those teens at
highest risk. As Kirby noted in his 1997 report, more
attention needs to be focused on “the broad array of risk
factors that reduce motivation to avoid pregnancy [such
as] poverty, lack of opportunity and other aspects of
social disorganization.” In its recent report on teen pregnancy
rates, CDC made the same point, concluding that
programs that address both these risk factors and “specific
skills to postpone sexual experience and increase
contraceptive use may be more effective in reducing
adolescent pregnancy than programs focusing exclusively
on changing sexual beliefs or behavior.”
for some period of time. Since messages about abstinence
and consistent contraceptive use appear to be having an
impact on teens, adolescents must continue to receive
both of these messages. “To argue that we can drive down
pregnancy rates using only one approach or the other
misses the complexity of behavior,” concludes Brown.
At the same time, these messages, by themselves, are
unlikely to sustain the downward trend in adolescent
pregnancy and childbearing rates or reach those teens at
highest risk. As Kirby noted in his 1997 report, more
attention needs to be focused on “the broad array of risk
factors that reduce motivation to avoid pregnancy [such
as] poverty, lack of opportunity and other aspects of
social disorganization.” In its recent report on teen pregnancy
rates, CDC made the same point, concluding that
programs that address both these risk factors and “specific
skills to postpone sexual experience and increase
contraceptive use may be more effective in reducing
adolescent pregnancy than programs focusing exclusively
on changing sexual beliefs or behavior.”
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