Resources
Websites of Interest To:
TEENS:
Advocates for Youth
Practical advice for teens on sex, relationships & responsibility.
Go Ask Alice
A health question and answer service offered by the Colombia University Health
Education Program. Features factual and frank information about many aspects
of adolescent and young adult health including sex and sexuality.
It’s Your (Sex) Life
A guide to safe and responsible sex, sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
These site discusses sex, contraception, pregnancy, HIV/STDs, and provides guidance
on how to communicate about sex with your partner.
It’s-not-2-late.com
First stop for anyone interested in Emergency Contraception or methods of preventing
pregnancy after having unprotected sexual intercourse. The site also features
a directory of Emergency Contraception providers so you can get EC as soon as
possible.
iwannaknow.org Web site
The purpose of this site is to provide a safe, educational and fun place for
teenagers to learn about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their sexual
health.
Teen Wire
The teen corner on Planned Parenthood of America’s website. The mission of PPC
is to protect the fundamental right of all individuals to manage their own fertility
and sexual health and to ensure access to the services, education, and information
to realize that right.
EDUCATIORS:
Planned
Parenthood of Connecticut, Inc.
Connecticut’s affiliate of the national organization. The mission of PPC is
to protect the fundamental right of all individuals to manage their own fertility
and sexual health and to ensure access to the services, education, and information
to realize that right.
1-800-230-PLAN
ETR Associates
Website to enhance the well-being of individuals,
families and communities by providing leadership, educational resources,
training and research in health promotion with an emphasis on sexuality and
health education.
The Search Institute
Private nonprofit organization researching issues on adolescence; well known
for the concept of “developmental assets”.
(800) 888-7828
The Girls Project
Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, this catalog of films and videos
celebrating young women's lives around the world provides access to viewpoints
rarely offered in standard textbooks and addresses the need for alternative,
more complex portrayals of girls in the media. The Web site includes comprehensive
information about the award-winning titles in the collection, and teaching modules
designed to facilitate dialogue and provide educators useful activities for
their curriculum and outreach programs.
DATA AND
RESEARCH:
Adolescent and School Health
Division of CDC
A program sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control, this site deals with
health challenges faced by young people today. Includes a link to the Youth
Risk Behaviors Surveillance System (YRBS) which tracks health risk behaviors
among American youth.
Annie
E. Casey Foundation
Website for Casey Foundation focuses on needs of disadvantaged children in America.
Site features interactive KIDSCOUNT database and current census data.
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Focuses on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public
education. AGI publishes Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, International
Family Planning Perspectives, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy and special
reports on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Child Trends, Inc.
Nonprofit research organization studying children, youth and families.
(202) 362-5580
Connecticut Department
of Public Health
Excellent source for local and statewide statistics on adolescent childbearing,
including annual Registration Report. Follow the Statistics and
Research link to the Vital Statistics link to find individual Registration
Reports and Tables on adolescent childbearing.
(860) 509-8000
Healthy Teen Network
HTN’s mission is to provide general leadership, education, training, information,
advocacy, resources and support to individuals and organizations in the field
of adolescent pregnancy, parenting and prevention.
(202) 293-8370
Maternal and
Child Health Library
Revised and expanded electronic publication about teen pregnancy prevention
featuring a selection of current, high quality resources for policymakers, researchers
and health professionals.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
National organization aimed at preventing teen pregnancy. Site includes publications
that can be ordered and features “Across America” an interactive data site with
a wealth of information on teen pregnancy and adolescent childbearing.
(202) 261-5655
Peristats
Interactive database developed by the March of Dimes which provides perinatal
statistics at the national and state level. This database uses information from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention including the National Center
for Health Statistics; the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion; the National Center for HIB, STD, and TB Prevention; the Centers
for Medicaid and Medicare Services; the Health Resources and Services Administration;
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; the US Census
Bureau; the National Governors Association; the US Department of Agriculture;
and, the March of Dimes.
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
National, nonprofit organization that promotes comprehensive sex education;
Website includes a parents’ corner.
(212) 819-9770
The
Urban Institute
Nonprofit policy organization researching issues such as the cost-effectiveness
of teen pregnancy prevention, and male-oriented programs.
(202) 833-7200
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Provides estimates of health risk behaviors among American youth in grades 9
through 12.
TEEN
PARENTS:
Child
Welfare League of America
National organization aimed at promoting the well-being of children and youth.
Includes information on Florence Crittendon foundation focusing on adolescent
pregnancy. Follow the program link to Pregnant and Parenting
Adolescents.
(202) 638-2952
Children’s
Rights Council
National nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure
children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended
family regardless of the parents’ marital status.
(202) 547-6227
PARENTS
OF TEENS:
Advocates for Youth
Practical advice for parents on talking to your kids about sex and sexuality.
American Psychological Association
Guidelines for parents on raising adolescent girls from the American Psychological
Association.
Connect for Kids
A Washington, DC child advocacy organization, sponsored by the Benton Foundation;
Website features two parent guides on how to talk to kids about sex.
Dads & Daughters
Focus on the importance of relationships between fathers and daughters and why
it is necessary to combat negative messages that young girls and women receive
from the media.
(888) 824-DADS
Fatherhood Initiative
Promotes the positive involvement and interaction of fathers with their children
with an emphasis on children eligible or formerly eligible for services funded
by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Identifies those services
that effectively encourage and enhance responsible and skillful parenting, and
those services that increase the ability of fathers to meet the financial and
medical needs of their children.
(800) 842-1508
The iwannaknow.org Web site
The purpose of this site is to provide a safe, educational and fun place for
teenagers to learn about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their sexual
health.
National Fatherhood Initiative
National organization aimed at making fatherhood a national priority. Includes
practical advice for fathers.
(301) 948-0599
Planned
Parenthood of Connecticut, Inc.
Connecticut’s affiliate of the national organization. The mission of PPC is
to protect the fundamental right of all individuals to manage their own fertility
and sexual health and to ensure access to the services, education, and information
to realize that right.
1-800-230-PLAN
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
National, nonprofit organization that promotes comprehensive sex education;
Website includes a parents’ corner.
(212) 819-9770
CONNECTICUT BASED PROGRAMS:
Center for Children’s Advocacy
A resource for lawyers and legal advocates dedicated to improving the quality
of legal representation for children in Connecticut. Features a booklet which
covers the legal rights of teens in Connecticut in regard to reproductive health
care, drug treatment, access to medical and mental health care, HIV testing,
and other topics.
Connecticut Voices for Children
Information on children’s health and education issues in Connecticut; Website
is known as “kidslink”.
(203) 498-4240
Fatherhood Initiative
Promotes the positive involvement and interaction of fathers with their children
with an emphasis on children eligible or formerly eligible for services funded
by the temporary assistance for needy families. Identifies those services that
effectively encourage and enhance responsible and skillful parenting, and those
services that increase the ability of fathers to meet the financial and medical
needs of their children.
(800) 842-1508
Planned
Parenthood of Connecticut, Inc.
Connecticut’s affiliate of the national organization. The mission of PPC is
to protect the fundamental right of all individuals to manage their own fertility
and sexual health and to ensure access to the services, education, and information
to realize that right.
1-800-230-PLAN
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