title: The effect of sex education on teenagers in St. Kitts and Nevis.
abstract: Knowledge of sexual matters is one of several key factors capable of influencing teenage reproductive behavior. This article reports the results of initial and followup surveys designed to test such knowledge among adolescent students in St. Kitts and Nevis before and after they received a family life/sex education course in the mid-1980s. This course provided information about fundamentals of human reproduction and contraception, human growth and development, emotional development, and issues of adolescent sexuality.
authors.affiliation: Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russell-Brown
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hector
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014900:West Indies