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Reassessing Adolescent Male Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States: Research and Recommendations

Laura Duberstein Lindberg, PhD

Guttmacher Institute, New York, LLindberg{at}guttmacher.org

Adam Sonfield, MPP

Guttmacher Institute, New York

Alison Gemmill, BA

Guttmacher Institute, New York

Adolescent males are practicing safer sexual behaviors and experiencing healthier outcomes than their predecessors. In recent years, adolescent males have tended to start having sex later in life, have fewer sexual partners, use condoms and other contraceptive methods more often, and father fewer children. Yet sexual activity during adolescence remains the norm, and thus adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) remains an important concern. Moreover, large disparities remain in risk and outcomes according to race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, social connectivity, and where men live. Policy and program advances have been limited. Adolescent males are less likely than they were a decade ago to be receiving broad-based SRH information in school, and their access to clinical services has increased only marginally. Most new funding has been provided for ineffective abstinence-only education programs. Prerequisites for continued progress include research to fill in gaps in our knowledge, arriving at societal consensus around key controversies, and new tactics and allies in the political arena.

Key Words: adolescent males • sexual activity • sexual health • reproductive health

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American Journal of Men's Health, Vol. 2, No. 1, 40-56 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1557988307309460
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