MI Science Staff: August 2016
Anal sex is currently a “hot topic” of discussion for it is increasingly prevalent among young men and women, and older adults.1 In 2007, a study based on the National Survey of Family Growth … Read the rest
Changing Sexual Behavior
President’s Corner for Early July 2016
Building Family Connections (BFC) Training
Youth commonly access sexy subject matter on TV, movies, iPads, smartphones, etc. They also “snap chat”, “insta-gram”, twitter and listen to music. The messages they are receiving from this flood of input are being incorporated … Read the rest
Creating a Desire for Change: Part 5
Maintenance, Relapse, Termination
By: MI science staff: June 2016
Behavior change often does not go smoothly. Even when a young person has moved to the point of taking action to stop participating in sexual activity, maintaining that action can certainly … Read the rest
Creating a Desire for Change: Part 4: Action
MI Science Staff
May, 2016
The fourth stage in the Transtheoretical Model of change is action. In this stage an individual has made specific, observable changes in their lifestyle within the past 6 months in moving toward behavioral change. A … Read the rest