"Condoms and consent!" knowledge, efficacy and positivity in a sexual health program

Teen birth and abortion rates are higher in the US than any other industrialized country,\ud and 15-24 year olds make up 50% of new sexually transmitted infections each year. US\ud school policy promotes heteronormativity, and most programs ignore the needs of LGBTQ\ud youth. The current study examines knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy in a\ud comprehensive sexuality education program in Northern Sonoma County. There are two\ud phases of this mixed-methods study: the first consists of quantitative surveys; the second\ud consists of qualitative interviews of program educators, field notes and analysis of\ud anonymous questions from the students. Results indicate that education has a significant\ud effect on knowledge (p???.001), sex-positive attitudes (p???.005) and self-efficacy in seeking\ud and utilizing reproductive services (p???.001)