Nancy F. Berglas
University of California, San Francisco
42 Papers
45 Citations
Nancy F. Berglas is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reproductive health & Abortion. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 35 publications. Previous affiliations of Nancy F. Berglas include University of California, Berkeley & Rhode Island Hospital.
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Papers
A rights-based approach to sexuality education: conceptualization, clarification and challenges.
TL;DR: While questions remain to be answered regarding the implementation and impact of rights-based sexuality education, the proposed conceptual definition suggests multiple avenues for advocates, researchers, program developers and funders to enhance adolescent sexual health.
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Finding Teens in TheirSpace: Using Social Networking Sites to Connect Youth to Sexual Health Services
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the potential for using social networking sites (SNS), specifically MySpace, to connect youth to sexual health services and found that MySpace has strong potential for reaching diverse youth with critical health information when implemented as part of a comprehensive outreach strategy.
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A Rights-Based Sexuality Education Curriculum for Adolescents: 1-Year Outcomes From a Cluster-Randomized Trial
Louise A. Rohrbach,Nancy F. Berglas,Petra Jerman,Francisca Angulo-Olaiz,Chih-Ping Chou,Norman A. Constantine +5 more
TL;DR: The curriculum had significant, positive effects on psychosocial and some behavioral outcomes 1 year later, but it might not be sufficient to change future sexual behaviors among younger adolescents, most of whom are not yet sexually active.
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Drug Use During Pregnancy Policies in the United States From 1970 to 2016
TL;DR: Comparisons of drug laws to alcohol laws show that the policy trajectories started in opposite directions, but by 2016, the results were the same: Punitive policies were more prevalent than supportive policies across states.
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Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students: a cluster-randomized trial
Norman A. Constantine,Petra Jerman,Nancy F. Berglas,Francisca Angulo-Olaiz,Chih-Ping Chou,Louise A. Rohrbach +5 more
TL;DR: Participation in the rights-based classroom curriculum resulted in positive, statistically significant effects on seven of nine psychosocial outcomes, relative to a basic sex education curriculum.
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