Sex Education Fact Sheet

Question 1

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP)

Answer 1

Supports the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based programs and innovative approaches to reducing pregnancy among adolescents, primary purpose is to build an evidence base of effective sex education programs.

Question 2

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP)

Answer 2

Aim to prevent pregnancy and STIs among adolescents by emphasizing abstinence and contraception, focus on young people who are homeless/aging out of foster care/living with HIV or AIDS

Question 3

Comprehensive Sex Education

Answer 3

Covers a broad range of topics: human development, relationships, sexual health, cultural representations of sexuality and gender.

Question 4

Abstinence Programs

Answer 4

US federal gov’t spends $110 million per year on misleading and harmful programs that only cover/promote abstinence.