Welfare Reform Academy - Teen Sex and Non-Marital Births

Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs, Research, and Evaluation: Douglas J. Besharov et al.
Data Needs for Measuring Family and Fertility Change After Welfare Reform: Douglas J. Besharov, ed., William D. Mosher and Joyce C. Abma, Stephanie J. Ventura, and Stanley K. Henshaw
Preventing Subsequent Births to Welfare Mothers: Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis, ed.
Preventing Youthful Disconnectedness (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

The Contraceptive Gap: Millions for Cosmetics, Pennies for Better Birth Control (PDF), The Washington Post, March 12, 1995: Douglas J. Besharov
Life Is Not Just a Bowl of Condoms (PDF version), The Washington Post, May 1, 1994: Douglas J. Besharov
It's Time for Common Sense on Using Norplant (PDF), The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23, 1993: Douglas J. Besharov
Teen Sex: Truth and Consequences (PDF version), The Orlando Sentinel, February 21, 1993: Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner
Beyond Murphy Brown: We're Ignorning the Fact that All Single Mothers Aren't Alike (PDF version), The Washington Post, September 27, 1992: Douglas J. Besharov

Trends in Sexual Activity and Abstinence Among U.S. Men and Women (PDF Slides): Christine Bachrach
Abstinence Education Grants Under Welfare Reform: David Bellis
Making Abstinence Work: Elayne Bennett
Using Abstinence Funding (Survey. Appendix.): Sarah Brown
What Do We Know About Abstinence Programs?: Barbara Devaney
Abstinence Education Under Welfare Reform (Appendix A. Appendix B. Table 1.): Ron Haskins and Carol Statuto Bevan
Abstinence Education Grants: Jodie Levin-Epstein
Programs and Approaches: Pat Funderburk Ware

The Role of Psychological Factors: Marilyn Benoit
Opening Remarks (PDF Slides): Douglas J. Besharov
Can Intervention Programs Prevent Subsequent Births to Teenage Mothers?: Lorraine Klerman
Research on Teen Parent Programs (PDF): Rebecca Maynard
Repeat Teen Births (PDF Slides): Kristin Moore
Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses: A Program of Research (Slides.): David Olds

Teenage Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: An Update. (PDF Version. Slides.): Joyce Abma and Freya Sonenstein
Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior: Are They Real?.: Christine Bachrach
Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior (PDF): Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Gardiner
Teens in Crisis: A Comprehensive Strategy to Protect Adolescent Health (PDF) (Slides): Kate Michelman
Teenage Sexuality and Contraceptive Use: An Update: Tom Smith
Possible Explanations for Changes in Teenage Sexual Behavior (PDF): Pat Funderburk Ware

Opening Remarks: Douglas J. Besharov
Parents and Teens on Love, Sex, and Relationships: Research, Parents Tips, and Polling Data. (PDF Version.): Sarah Brown
Repeat Pregnancy for Those Not Pregnant at Program Entry: Marva Hammons
Is There a Link Between Welfare Reform and Teen Pregnancy?: Richard Nathan
Understanding the Rise in Illegitimacy (Slides. Tables.): Robert Rector