@article{1355874,
      recid = {1355874},
      author = {Dickson, Deborah. and Weisberg, Roger.},
      title = {Sex, teens and public schools [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (56 min.).},
      year = {1995},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {The United States has the dubious distinction of having  the highest adolescent pregnancy, abortion, and birth rates  in the developed world. Every minute in America, another  teenager becomes a mother, and 82% of the one million  pregnancies experienced by American adolescents every year  are unintended. Sex, Teens, and Public Schools explores the  conditions that have led to escalating rates of teen  pregnancy, illustrates the costs and consequences of this  national epidemic, and most importantly, examines the role  that public schools can play in stemming the tide of early  and unwanted pregnancy. By speaking with students, pregnant  and parenting teens, teachers, health care providers and  policy experts, this documentary explores how efforts  designed to prevent teen pregnancy can be translated into  effective public policy. While the nations seem to have  come to a conclusion that schools play an important role in  the effort to combat teen pregnancy, defining that role is  at the center of a heated debate. Sex, Teens, and Public  Schools travels to embattled communities to illustrate the  ideological debate over the proper role of sexuality  education and school based health clinics in preventing  teen pregnancy and childbearing. Given the enormous social  cost of teen pregnancy, the volatile nature of the public  debate, and this documentary s intimate portraits of teens  at risk, Sex, Teens, and Public Schools makes a powerful  and timely contribution to the public s understanding of  this critical issue.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355874},
}