In this month’s Journal of Adolescent Health, Lindberg et al. provide further insight into the current state of sex education and the implications of federal and state policies for adolescents in the United States. Using population data from the National Survey of Family Growth, they find reductions in U.S. adolescents’ receipt of formal sex education from schools and other community institutions between 2006–2010 and 2011–2013. These –2008, which included increases in receipt of abstinence information and decreases in receipt of birth control information [17–19]. Moreover, the study highlights several additional new concerns. First, important inequities have emerged, the most significant of which are greater ong girls than boys, rural-urban disparities, ong white girls, and low rates among poor adolescents. Читать далее →