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Sarah Langer, MPH¹, Sherry Lehman, MEd, LPC¹, Ziya Gizlice², and Judy Owen-O'Dowd¹. (1) Healthy Schools, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 6349 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6349, 9198073867, slanger@dpi.state.nc.us, (2) NC- Division of Public Health, 1908 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1908

North Carolina students are at risk for unintended pregnancies and STDs. In 2003, 73.5% of high school seniors reported having had sexual intercourse and 31.1% of 12th graders did not use a condom at last sexual intercourse (YRBS, 2003). The state pregnancy rate in 2002 was 64.1. In October 2003, the NC Departments of Health and Human Services and Public Instruction collaborated to implement a statewide telephone survey of parents of public school students to assess their opinions regarding sexuality education. The NC State Center for Health Statistics conducted the survey in October 2003. Data was collected from 1,306 parents of public school students in North Carolina. Of the people who were contacted and eligible, 84% completed the survey. Survey results showed that 90.5% of parents surveyed thought sexuality education should be taught in NC public schools. The survey results indicate that NC parents want sexuality education to begin in earlier grades and supported a substantial amount of class time for sexuality education. The majority of parents also thought sexuality education should include a range of skills and information for preventing HIV/STDs.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants in this session will be able to understand how to plan and implement a parent sexuality education phone survey, analyze results and disseminate report.

Keywords: Adolescent Health, Sexual Risk Behavior

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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