?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F38447%2F&rft.title=Sexuality+Education%3A++A+Comprehensive+Review+and+Policy+Recommendation&rft.creator=Makarevich%2C+Hannah&rft.description=The+goal+of+this+paper+is+to+evaluate+existing+data+around+current+sexuality+education+curricula%2C+adolescent+reproductive+statistics%2C+and+sexually+transmitted+infection+rates.+Sexual+health+behaviors%2C+such+as+contraceptive+use%2C+relationship+behavior%2C+and+relationship+violence%2C+are+also+researched.+The+United+States+(US)+has+the+highest+rates+of+both+teenage+pregnancy+and+sexually+transmitted+infection+among+all+developed+nations.+Current+literature+shows+that+abstinence-only+education+programs+in+the+US+do+not+have+positive+effects+on+sexual+health+outcomes+of+adolescents.+Through+this+literature+review%2C+we+found+that+there+are+vast+differences+in+sexuality+education+requirements+across+the+states%2C+affecting+the+public+health+of+millions+of+school+aged+students+nationwide.+States+that+do+not+require+comprehensive+sexuality+education+have+poorer+sexual+health+outcomes%2C+suggesting+that+American+adolescents+could+benefit+from+adjustments+to+the+current+sexuality+education+policies.+With+the+current+level+of+sexually+transmitted+infections+and+adolescent+pregnancies%2C+we+must+identify+effective+curricula+to+increase+knowledge+of+evidence-based+sexuality+education+and+find+successful+models+of+implementation+for+the+United+States.+This+paper+recommends+certain+policy+changes+to+address+the+sexual+health+outcomes+and+improve+overall+reproductive+health%2C+including+repealing+and+replacing+Title+V%2C+Section+510+funding+or+reallocating+Title+V+funding+in+conjunction+with+implementing+state-specific+comprehensive+sexuality+education+program+mandates.&rft.date=2020-07-30&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F38447%2F1%2FMakarevichH_MPHthesis_4_2020.pdf&rft.identifier=++Makarevich%2C+Hannah++(2020)+Sexuality+Education%3A+A+Comprehensive+Review+and+Policy+Recommendation.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++