Favored by public health officials and organizations like the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), this model combined the promotion of abstinence with practical harm-reduction information.
The year 1991 sat at the crossroads of conservative "abstinence-only" messaging and the emerging "comprehensive sex education" movement. Because of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, which peaked in media attention around this exact time, 1991 media and school boards were forced to address real-world health consequences directly. Favored by public health officials and organizations like