A program called Safer Choices taught in sex education, which cost
$105,243, Safer Choices achieved a 15% increase in condom use and an
11% increase in contraceptive use within 1 year among 345 sexually
active students. An estimated 0.12 cases of human immunodeficiency
virus, 24.37 cases of chlamydia, 2.77 cases of gonorrhea, 5.86 cases
of pelvic inflammatory disease, and 18.5 pregnancies were prevented.
For every dollar invested in the program, $2.65 in total medical for
teen moms (Result Filters)
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