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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Where Are the Guys in Peer Education? A Survey of Peer Education Programs Related to Adolescent Sexual Health in New York State
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Beshers, Sarah C. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2008
This investigation is concerned with adolescent male participation in sexual health peer education programs. Research questions focused on identifying the percentages of male peer educators in these programs, exploring the relationship between financial compensation and male participation, and identifying male-specific recruitment strategies, if…
Descriptors: Telephone Surveys, Recruitment, Males, Mail Surveys
"Who's to Blame?": An Activity to Stimulate Reflection about Anti-HIV Stigma in an Undergraduate Course on the HIV Epidemic
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Beshers, Sarah C. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2007
A classroom-based activity was created to help undergraduate students in a course about the HIV epidemic explore and better understand the nature and scope of anti-HIV stigma. The activity asks students to assess the extent of their sympathy for several people living with HIV disease when given only a brief statement about how each person became…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Undergraduate Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases
A Case Study of Peer Educators in a Community-Based Program to Reduce Teen Pregnancy: Selected Characteristics Prior to Training, Perceptions of Training and Work, and Perceptions of How Participation in the Program Has Affected Them
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Beshers, Sarah C. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2007
This investigation is a case study of peer educators in a community-based teen pregnancy prevention program. Research questions focused on identifying ways in which peer educators differed from other teens and exploring the perceptions of the peer educators about their experience in the program and the ways in which it has affected them. Data were…
Descriptors: Prevention, Change Agents, Pregnancy, Homosexuality