How are current sex education programs in this country structured? Are they effective? How would you improve upon them?

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Most of the youths who become sexually active do so without the necessary information which would guide them in the same . This kind of inadequate information can expose such youths to risks like teen pregnancies and contracting sexually transmitted diseases . These can have major negative repercussions on their education and lives in general . However , sex education can be one way to prevent such from happening . They can also contribute to improved reproductive heath . The purpose

of this is to explain how the current sex education programs in America are structured . It will also discuss whether they are effective and how they can be improved

Structure of the current sex education programs in America

There are several sex education programs in America . These include abstinence based programs whose aim is to educate the youth that abstinence from sex until one gets married is the best approach towards making sure that they do not get infected with sexually transmitted diseases and HIV as well as getting teen pregnancies (Halstead Reiss 2003 . They also work at ensuring the youth see sex abstinence as the best approach to maintain sexual health . Most proponents of this program believe that sex before marriage is morally wrong . Approaches used by abstinence programs include True Love Waits and Aspire which aim at making the youth to choose to delay sexual intercourse until they get married . There are differences in the various abstinence programs but they all...