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MeSH Review:

Sex Education

McCabe, M.P. et al., Smith, G., Denson, D.R. et al., Alvarez Lajonchere, C., Shamloul, R., et al.

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Disease relevance of Sex Education

The areas of sexuality included in the scales were Friendship, Dating and Intimacy, Marriage, Body Part Identification, Sex and Sex Education, Menstruation, Sexual Interaction, Contraception, Pregnancy, Abortion and Child-birth, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Masturbation, and Homosexuality [1].

High impact information on Sex Education

The topics of discussion include reproductive rights issues, contraception, and abortion law; sex education in Cuba, homosexuality, and national policy on AIDS [2].
Plasma PCB concentrations are also sorted by demographic characteristics of the sample (age/race/sex/education) [3].
CONCLUSIONS: Men complaining of short penis could be treated using basic principles of sex education with objective methods of penile size evaluation [4].
Research from the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination in 1997 suggested that school-based sex education could be effective in reducing teenage pregnancy when it was linked to contraceptive services [5].
Sex education is allowed but not required in Louisiana. It is taught at the discretion of local school districts as mandated in the Local Option Sex Education Statute, Act 480 [6].

Associations of Sex Education with chemical compounds

Seventy percent of the nurses felt tha sex education in schools was directed more to female students than to male students [7].

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Construction and psychometric properties of sexuality scales: sex knowledge, experience, and needs scales for people with intellectual disabilities (SexKen-ID), people with physical disabilities (SexKen-PD), and the general population (SexKen-GP). McCabe, M.P., Cummins, R.A., Deeks, A.A. Research in developmental disabilities. (1999) [Pubmed]
Sex education in Cuba: an interview with Dr. Celestino Alvarez Lajonchere. Interview by Elizabeth Fee. Alvarez Lajonchere, C. International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation. (1988) [Pubmed]
Polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in the blood plasma of a selected sample of non-occupationally exposed southern California working adults. Sahl, J.D., Crocker, T.T., Gordon, R.J., Faeder, E.J. Sci. Total Environ. (1985) [Pubmed]
Treatment of men complaining of short penis. Shamloul, R. Urology (2005) [Pubmed]
Emergency contraception: a pilot study by school nurses. Smith, G. Nursing times. (2003) [Pubmed]
Factors that influence HIV/AIDS instruction in schools. Denson, D.R., Voight, R., Eisenman, R. Adolescence. (1993) [Pubmed]
Community health nurses and family planning services for men. Swanson, J.M., Swenson, I., Oakley, D., Marcy, S. Journal of community health nursing. (1990) [Pubmed]

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