Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media
Abstract
This Policy Statement was retired July 2017.: Early sexual intercourse among American adolescents represents a major public health problem. Although early sexual activity may be caused by a variety of factors, the media are believed to play a significant role. In film, television, and music, sexual messages are becoming more explicit in dialogue, lyrics, and behavior. In addition, these messages contain unrealistic, inaccurate, and misleading information that young people accept as fact. Teens rank the media second only to school sex education programs as a leading source of information about sex. Recommendations are presented to help pediatricians address the effects of the media on sexual attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of their patients.
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Information sources which are mostly used in our sample (peers, media) are not usually described as ideal for educating teens.
“Conversely, information sources which are mostly used in our sample (peers, media) are not usually described as ideal for educating teens [46,53].”
From Relationships, love and sexuality: what the Filipino teens think and feel (2009) · cites this paper as [53]
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- Authors
- Committee on Public Education
- Corresponding author
- Committee on Public Education
- Venue
- Pediatrics
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 191-194
- ISSN
- 0031-4005 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-4275
- OpenAlex
- W4206101872
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 8.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- PEDIATRICS (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- adolescent sexuality, early sexual intercourse, media influence, song lyrics, contraception, sex education, pediatrician counseling
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Advertising, Child, Coitus, Contraception, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Mass Media, Pediatrics, Physician's Role, Sexual Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Television, Guidelines as Topic
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