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... > social science subjects > health and social care > global health > child health > adolescent development > abstinence in adolescence
... > social science subjects > health and social care > health (discipline) > child health > adolescent development > abstinence in adolescence
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > adolescent development > abstinence in adolescence
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > applied developmental science > health (applied developmental science) > abstinence in adolescence

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abstinence in adolescence  

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  • In recent years, the notion of “abstinence” as a youth public health message—specifically, that the only healthy sexual expression is abstinence—has taken on weighty political and ideological meanings. This entry explores the ways that “abstinence-only” policies in the United States have served to create and sustain a counterproductive climate of silence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Abstinence in Adolescence]

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  • teenage abstinence

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