RACIAL-DIFFERENCES IN RURAL ADULTS VIEWS ON ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY-REVISITED

A randomly selected sample of 191 White and Black adults from a rural North Carolina county were surveyed about adolescent health and sexual ity issues following a 3-year, community-wide adolescent health promot ion campaign. The campaign appeared to have little effect on adults' a ttitudes towards these issues. Before and after the campaign, White ad ults were less likely to believe public schools should provide primary health care services to teen-agers but more likely to favor sexual ex perimentation by adolescents and to favor abortion. Informational camp aigns targeted toward modifying attitudes on these issues may require more than 3 years to have an impact.