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pledge (plej) a solemn statement of intention.
Nightingale pledge  a statement of principles for the nursing profession, formulated by a committee in 1893 and subscribed to by student nurses at the time of the capping ceremonies.
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The March 2009 issue includes a digest ["Virginity' Pledgers Are Just as Likely as Matched Nonpledgers to Report Premarital Intercourse," 2009, 41(1):63] of an article by Janet Rosenbaum that appeared in the January, 2009 issue of Pediatrics.
Virginity pledges may work for some adolescents by Martino, Steven C. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Health care behavior by pledgers further complicates the problem, they noted.
Pledges to delay sex do not stop STDs: findings put new spin on ... by Sullivan, Michele G. / Clinical Psychiatry News
Not only were pledgers less likely to use condoms to prevent STDs, they were less likely to seek medical testing and treatment, increasing possibility of transmission.
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