Six School-Based Clinics: Their Reproductive Health Services and Impact on Sexual Behavior

摘要: Summary An evaluation of the reproductive health programs six diverse school-based clinics measured impact on sexual behavior and contraceptive use. All served low-income populations; at five them, great majority students were black. analysis student visits by type care given found that these not primarily family planning facilities; rather, they provided as one component a comprehensive program. Student survey data collected in clinic schools nearby comparison (four sites) or both before opened two years later (two indicated neither hastened onset activity nor increased its frequency. The had varying effects Providing contraceptives site was enough to significantly increase their use; only three sites did so school more likely than have used birth control during last intercourse. However, condom use rose sharply strong AIDS education program located community where salient issue. At another school, pregnancy prevention high priority staff issued vouchers for contraceptives, condoms pills higher school. A third school-which focused high-risk youth, emphasized dispensed pills-recorded Although suggest probably prevented small numbers pregnancies some schools, none statistically significant effect school-wide rates.