Invited Commentary: Broadening the Evidence for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Education in the United States

• Published in: Journal of youth and adolescence Vol. 43; no. 10; pp. 1595 - 1610
• Main Authors: Schalet, Amy T., Santelli, John S., Russell, Stephen T., Halpern, Carolyn T., Miller, Sarah A., Pickering, Sarah S., Goldberg, Shoshana K., Hoenig, Jennifer M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.10.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abstinence; Adolescent; Adolescent Health Services - economics; Adolescent sexuality; Adolescents; Behavior; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Body image; Child and School Psychology; Child development; Child Health; Children & youth; Clinical Psychology; Disease prevention; Editorial; Education policy; Evidence-Based Practice; Federal funding; Federal Government; Female; Financing, Government; Gender; Health education; Health Policy; Health Promotion - economics; Health Promotion - methods; Health Psychology; History of Psychology; Humans; Law and Psychology; LGBTQ people; Male; Marriage; Maternal & child health; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Adolescence - prevention & control; Psychology; Public health; Reproductive health; Reproductive Health - education; Science; Self image; Sex education; Sex Education - economics; Sex Education - methods; Sex Factors; Sexual behavior; Sexual health; Sexual orientation; Sexuality; Sexually transmitted diseases; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control; Socioeconomic Factors; STD; Teenage pregnancy; Transgender persons; United States; Unsafe Sex - prevention & control; United States; United States > US

Scientific research has made major contributions to adolescent health by providing insights into factors that influence it and by defining ways to improve it. However, US adolescent sexual and reproductive health policies—particularly sexuality health education policies and programs—have not benefit...