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Los cursos que promueven la abstinencia sexual retrasan la primera relación

" "Por primera vez, hay evidencia irrefutable de que un programa que promueve la abstinencia puede realmente ayudar a los adolescentes jóvenes a retrasar la edad de la primera relación sexual", dijo Sarah Brown Post, directora de una campaña nacional contra los embarazos no deseados.

3 de febrero de 2010, 09:50 AM WASHINGTON (AFP) - Los programas educativos que se ofrecen en Estados Unidos para persuadir a los adolescentes de tener sexo antes de estar preparados retrasan efectivamente la edad de la primera relación sexual, según un estudio publicado el martes en el diario The Washington Post.
El estudio difundido en los Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine se realizó entre 2001 y 2004 entre 662 estudiantes matriculados en cuatro universidades del noreste de Estados Unidos.
Los estudiantes fueron asignados a uno de los siguientes programas: un curso de fomento de la abstinencia, un curso sobre sexo seguro, un curso que combina estos dos aspectos y un programa final sobre las mejores maneras de mantenerse saludable (comer bien, practicar deportes, etc.).
En los dos años siguientes, sólo 33% de los estudiantes que completaron el curso sobre abstinencia comenzaron a tener relaciones sexuales, frente al 52% de quienes habían recibido las claves del sexo seguro, el 42% de los que asistieron al programa combinado y el 47% de los aprendieron a mantenerse saludables.
En un país donde los adolescentes enfrentan embarazos no deseados y enfermedades de transmisión sexual, este estudio podría tener consecuencias directas.
"Por primera vez, hay evidencia irrefutable de que un programa que promueve la abstinencia puede realmente ayudar a los adolescentes jóvenes a retrasar la edad de la primera relación sexual", dijo Sarah Brown Post, directora de una campaña nacional contra los embarazos no deseados.
La administración de Barack Obama había finalizado un plan de 170 millones de dólares para promover la abstinencia, tras la publicación de informes que concluyeron en la ineficacia de este método para combatir el embarazo adolescente.
En 2006, el ex presidente estadounidense George W. Bush dijo que la abstinencia era "el único camino seguro" para evitar la propagación del virus VIH que causa el sida.
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