AAP News Vol. 14 No. 6 June 1998, p. 2
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Condoms in high schools

Carla Kemp and Luann Zanzola

Making condoms available to high school students does not appear to lead to increased sexual activity in teens and seems to promote greater condom use among males, according to a California study.

Researchers surveyed 1,945 ninth- through 12th-graders in Los Angeles County before a condom program began in April 1992, and 1,110 of the students again a year later. Students completed an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire covering demographic information; knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy and contraception; specific sexual behaviors; and condom use.