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Researchers were able to do the novel study as a part of the RAND Television and Adolescent Sexuality study, a national effort that is examining the role television plays in teenagers' development of sexual attitudes and behavior.

Funding for the RAND Health study was provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

Here is the press release that RAND issued in regard to the previously blogged NYT article.

RAND Study Finds Entertainment TV Can Help Teach Teens ...

The Way We Live Now: Sex-Ed Night School

Topic: Health and Wellness

10:59 pm EST, Nov 14, 2003

According to a new study, watching TV is a highly effective means of teaching teenagers about sensitive sexual issues like, just to name one, condom leakage.
Researchers at the RAND Corporation have found that a single episode of "Friends" centering on Rachel's unplanned pregnancy due to the untimely failure of Ross's condom stuck in the heads of most teenagers who viewed it, and especially those who viewed it with an adult and discussed it together afterward.

Six months later, RAND found, the teenagers still recalled its gist: life is imperfect and sometimes rubbers rupture.

God bless RAND.

(I couldn't decide whether to file this under TV, Health and Wellness, or Science.)

The Way We Live Now: Sex-Ed Night School

American Social Hygiene Posters, ca. 1910-1970

Topic: Health and Wellness

11:54 pm EDT, Oct 19, 2003

From the Scout Report: This fascinating collection of social hygiene posters (designed to inculcate certain social practices regarding hygiene, friendship, prostitution, and mental health) is culled from the fine holdings of the Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

There are some gems to be found here, and the collection is easily browsed. Consider "Beware of Chance Acquaintances" and "Danger in Familiarities".

American Social Hygiene Posters, ca. 1910-1970

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