“The National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA) praises the Virginia Department of Health for the success of its Virginia Abstinence Education Initiative (VAEI). Research shows abstinence programs in Virginia are delaying the onset of sex in teens by nearly 50-percent.” (from an NAEA press release November 16, 2007)
You can view an abstract of the complete article that will be published in the January/February 2008 issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior.