Ross DA (2008) Approaches to Sex Education: Peer-Led or Teacher-Led? PLoS Med 5(11): e229 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050229
David Ross discusses a new study of school-based peer-led sex education in London and whether it reduced unintended teenage pregnancy
This Perspective discusses the following new study published in PLoS Medicine:
Stephenson J, Strange V, Allen E, Copas A, Johnson A, et al. (2008) The long-term effects of a peer-led sex education programme (RIPPLE): A cluster randomised trial in schools in England. PLoS Med 5(11): e224. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050224
Judith Stephenson and colleagues report on a cluster randomized trial in London of school-based peer-led sex education and whether it reduced unintended teenage pregnancy.