Until 2009, when the Reproductive Health and Safety Legislation
that requires schools to provide sexuality education to
students in seventh through ninth grades was passed in North
Carolina, very few schools in the state provided sexuality education.
4 Inadequate information may provide one explanation for
why students are engaging in risky behaviors, including unprotected
sexual intercourse. Teen PEP offers a promising solution to
inadequate sexual health education and student misinformation
by equipping older peers to provide training to younger peers
that includes medically accurate information, skill development
activities, and support for engaging in health-protective
behaviors.