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Direct linkObare, Francis; Birungi, Harriet – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2013
This paper explores the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policy context and the realities facing in-school young people in Kenya. It is based on a review of the health and education sector policy documents as well as data from self-administered questionnaires with 3624 male and female students from eight secondary schools in Nairobi. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Secondary School Students, Public Policy
Halfond, Raquel; Corona, Rosalie; Moon, Anya – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2013
The authors examined Latino parent and adolescent reports of hoped-for and feared possible selves for adolescents. Twenty-nine Latino parents (18 mothers, 11 fathers) and their 18 adolescents participated in semistructured individual interviews. Interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed, and coded for themes via content analysis. Themes that…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Semi Structured Interviews, Content Analysis, Adolescents
Murray, Ashley; Ellis, Monica U.; Castellanos, Ted; Gaul, Zaneta; Sutton, Madeline Y.; Sneed, Carl D. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
We examined approaches used by African-American mothers and mothers of Latino descent for informal sex-related discussions with their children to inform sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV intervention development efforts. We recruited mothers (of children aged 12-15) from youth service agencies and a university in southern California.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Hispanic Americans
Campo-Engelstein, Lisa; Johnson, Nadia L. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2014
Emily Martin's ("Signs J Women Cult Soc" 16(31):485-501, 1991) article, "The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles," was published in "Signs" over 20 years ago. In this groundbreaking article, she discusses how gender roles are often projected onto…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Sex Role, Pregnancy, Birth
Download full textKann, Laura; Olsen, Emily O'Malley; McManus, Tim; Harris, William A.; Shanklin, Shari L.; Flint, Katherine H.; Queen, Barbara; Lowry, Richard; Chyen, David; Whittle, Lisa; Thornton, Jemekia; Lim, Connie; Yamakawa, Yoshimi; Brener, Nancy; Zaza, Stephanie – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016
Problem: Sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts can both be used to identify sexual minority youth. Significant health disparities exist between sexual minority and nonsexual minority youth. However, not enough is known about health-related behaviors that contribute to negative health outcomes among sexual minority youth and how the prevalence…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, High School Students, Risk, National Surveys
Bondy, Jennifer M. – Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2012
In this article the author discusses Foucault's heterotopia analytic and applies it to a film analysis of Quinceañera. Engaging in feminist and critical media scholarship, the author outlines U.S. discourses on girlhood and their collusion with patriarchal and heteronormative discourses on Latino cultural nationalism in the regulation, control,…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Issues, Sexuality, Cultural Influences
Hepper, Peter G.; Dornan, James C.; Lynch, Catherine – Developmental Science, 2012
There is some evidence for sex differences in habituation in the human fetus, but it is unknown whether this is due to differences in central processing (habituation) or in more peripheral processes, sensory or motor, involved in the response. This study examined whether the sex of the fetus influenced auditory habituation at 33 weeks of…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Habituation, Prenatal Influences
Rahman, Mosfequr; Sasagawa, Toshiyuki; Fujii, Ryota; Tomizawa, Hideki; Makinoda, Satoru – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
This study examined the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy using data from women reporting IPV in the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The analysis included 4,695 married women, aged 15 to 40 years, who had at least one birth in the last 5 years. Bivariate and multiple logistic regression…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Females, Foreign Countries, Family Violence
McQuillan, Julia; Greil, Arthur L.; Shreffler, Karina M.; Wonch-Hill, Patricia A.; Gentzler, Kari C.; Hathcoat, John D. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012
Does the reason why women have no children matter with regard to level of childlessness concerns? Reasons include biomedical barriers, situational barriers, delaying motherhood, and choosing to be childfree. The concept of "childlessness concerns" captures the idea that holidays and family gatherings are difficult because of not having children or…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Childlessness, Biomedicine, Holidays
Grohskopf, Lisa – Our Children: The National PTA Magazine, 2012
Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and sometimes can lead to death. Symptoms of flu can include fever or a feverish feeling, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headache, fatigue, vomiting, and diarrhea. Flu…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Disease Control, Human Body, Microbiology
Lee, Brian K.; Gardner, Renee M.; Dal, Henrik; Svensson, Anna; Galanti, Maria Rosaria; Rai, Dheeraj; Dalman, Christina; Magnusson, Cecilia – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke is suggested as a potential risk factor for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Previous epidemiological studies of this topic have yielded mixed findings. We performed a case-control study of 3,958 ASD cases and 38,983 controls nested in a large register-based cohort in Sweden. ASD case status was measured using a…
Descriptors: Smoking, Autism, Pregnancy, Risk
Norton, Wynne E.; Fisher, Jeffrey D.; Amico, K. Rivet; Dovidio, John F.; Johnson, Blair T. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objectives: Despite findings suggesting that young adults are more concerned about experiencing an unplanned pregnancy or contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) than becoming human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected, no empirical work has investigated whether the specific focus of an intervention may be more or less efficacious at…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Sexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Colman, Silvie; Joyce, Ted – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
The State of Texas began enforcement of the Woman's Right to Know (WRTK) Act on January 1, 2004. The law requires that all abortions at or after 16 weeks' gestation be performed in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC). In the month the law went into effect, not one of Texas's 54 nonhospital abortion providers met the requirements of a surgical…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, State Legislation, Incidence, Health Facilities
Marcus, David K.; Fulton, Jessica J.; Turchik, Jessica A. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
Risky sexual behaviors are behaviors that involve the possibility of an adverse outcome, such as contracting a sexually transmitted infection or unwanted pregnancy. The question of whether risky sexual behavior exists as a discrete class (i.e., taxon) or as a dimensional construct has not previously been explored. The authors performed a set of…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Sexuality, At Risk Persons, Classification
Lampi, Katja M.; Banerjee, P. Nina; Gissler, Mika; Hinkka-Yli-Salomaki, Susanna; Huttunen, Jukka; Kulmala, Ulla; Lindroos, Jarna; Niemela, Solja; Rihko, Maria; Ristkari, Terja; Saanakorpi, Kristiina; Sarlin, Tanja; Sillanmaki, Lauri; McKeague, Ian W.; Surcel, Helja-Marja; Helenius, Hans; Brown, Alan S.; Sourander, Andre – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
This article presents an overview of the Finnish Prenatal Study of Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders (FIPS-A), a new study designed to examine the relationship between prenatal serologic factors, mediating and moderating developmental antecedents, and risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The FIPS-A is based on register linkages between…
Descriptors: Autism, Pregnancy, Foreign Countries, Clinics
