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October 2006
 Abstinence Education: Efforts to Assess the Accuracy and
Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sought to review State
Abstinence Education Grant Program (SAEP) results. In 2006, the GAO reviewed ten state
abstinence-education programs for efficacy in preventing sexually
transmitted diseases (STD) and youth pregnancy.
GAO concluded that the SAEP program evaluations failed to meet scientific criteria random
assignments and sufficient follow-up periods such that it was not
possible to determine if the programs led to specific results. GAO also noted that some of the information presented by grant
recipients about other forms of contraception, STDs, and human
sexuality, was inaccurate.
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